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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 24 Argus / C-61 Forwarder / C-68 / GK / J2K
    Latest Model:F-24W-46
    Construction Number:W-46-286
    Last Civil Registration:N81386
    Compressed ID:Fairchild F-24W-46 cn W-46-286 cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Edward C. Hoffman Jr, Tarpon Springs, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a F-24W-46.

    18 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N81386 (24W-46, W46286) issued.

    By 1964

    To James Hill, Oak Harbor, WA with new c/r N81386.

    By 1971

    To Claude Gray, Northridge, CA keeping c/r N81386.

    From 23 November 1982 to After 1992

    To Claude Gray Jr., Northridge, CA keeping c/r N81386.

    11 April 1996

    To Edward C. Hoffman Jr, Tarpon Springs, FL keeping c/r N81386.

    5 April 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland FL

    24 March 2011

    To Edward C. Hoffman Jr, Tarpon Springs, FL keeping c/r N81386.

    2 April 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Sun n Fun, Lakeland, Florida

    2 April 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Sun n Fun, Lakeland, Florida

    1 April 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Arriving at 2012 Sun n Fun at Lakeland, Florida

    30 October 2019

    To Edward C. Hoffman Jr, Tarpon Springs, FL keeping c/r N81386.

    8 April 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N81386 at Sun n Fun 2022, Lakeland, FL
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