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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:C-60A Lodestar
    Last Military Serial:42-55969 USAAF
    Construction Number:18-2430
    Last Civil Registration:N781G
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-60A sn 42-55969 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hawkins Field, Jackson, Mississippi

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-60A.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-55969.

    14 February 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N781G (18-56, 2430) issued.

    14 May 1987

    To Casablanca Airlines Inc, Weston, MA with new c/r N781G.

    4 April 2003


    Photographer: Peter Clukey
    Notes: EAA Sun-n-Fun Fly-In

    2 June 2004

    To Free Flite Llc, Felton, DE with new c/r N781G.

    Based at Hawkins Field, Jackson, MS.
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    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N781G (18-56, 2430) issued.

    3 February 2020

    Civil registration, N781G, cancelled.
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