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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:L-5C Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:44-17397 USAAF
    Last Civil Registration:N45TX
    Compressed ID:Stinson L-5C sn 44-17397 USAAF cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:William E. Lux, Newman Lake, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-5C.
    ? 76-3680

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-17397.

    31 July 1996

    To War Bug Inc, San Marcos, TX with new c/r N45TX.

    8 May 2004


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Pioneer Flight Museum, Old Kingsbury Aerodrome [85TE], Kingsbury, TX; May 8, 2004.

    1 June 2004

    To Alamo Liaison Group, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N45TX.

    Based at Alamo Liaison Squadron, Cannon Field, San Antonio, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: War Bug

    Circa 11 April 2010


    Photographer: Ryan Short
    Notes: Taken at the Burnet, TX 2010 Bluebonnet Airshow

    24 March 2014

    To Alamo Liaison Group, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N45TX.

    13 June 2016

    To William E. Lux, Helotes, TX keeping c/r N45TX.

    29 November 2017

    To William E. Lux, Augusta, GA keeping c/r N45TX.

    14 June 2018

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Thomson-cduffie County Airport (HQU) Thomson, GA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. On June 14, 2018, about 1800 eastern daylight time, a Stinson L-5, N45TX was substantially damaged during a forced landing to a lake near Thompson, Georgia. The commercial pilot/owner was not injured. The airplane was operated by the pilot/owner as a personal flight and was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    27 February 2019

    To William E. Lux, Augusta, GA keeping c/r N45TX.

    20 March 2021

    To William E. Lux, Newman Lake, WA keeping c/r N45TX.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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