Registration / Serial:N4835Z
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 50 Twin Bonanza
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 50 Twin Bonanza (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech RU-8D Seminole (50)
C/n (msn):LH-185
Operator Titles:USA - Army
Aircraft Name:Lonely Ringer
City / Airport:Topeka - Regional / Forbes Field (KFOE / FOE)Map
Region / Country:Kansas, United States
Collection:Combat Air Museum
Photo Date:29 October 2015
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:382505Submit Correction
View count: 317
This RU-8D was assigned to the 138th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion at Da Nang, S. Vietnam from 1966 - 1972. When it was modified to RU-8D configuration it was given a new MSN of LHC-4. This a/c was donated to the museum by Mr. Bruce Clapham in May 1985. As a US Army Warrant Officer, Mr. Clapham flew this a/c with the above unit from 1966 - 1967. He recovered the a/c in 1983 from a salvage yard in Tuscon, AZ. and restored it to original Vietnam configuration. Originally built with US Army s/n 58-1358.
Registration / Serial:N4835Z
Aircraft Version:Beech RU-8D Seminole (50)
C/n (msn):LH-185
Operator Titles:USA - Army
City / Airport:Topeka - Regional / Forbes Field (KFOE / FOE)Map
Region / Country:Kansas, United States
Photo Date:29 October 2015
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:N4835Z
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 50 Twin Bonanza
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 50 Twin Bonanza (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech RU-8D Seminole (50)
C/n (msn):LH-185
Operator Titles:USA - Army
Aircraft Name:Lonely Ringer
City / Airport:Topeka - Regional / Forbes Field (KFOE / FOE)Map
Region / Country:Kansas, United States
Collection:Combat Air Museum
Photo Date:29 October 2015
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:382505Submit Correction
View count: 317
This RU-8D was assigned to the 138th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion at Da Nang, S. Vietnam from 1966 - 1972. When it was modified to RU-8D configuration it was given a new MSN of LHC-4. This a/c was donated to the museum by Mr. Bruce Clapham in May 1985. As a US Army Warrant Officer, Mr. Clapham flew this a/c with the above unit from 1966 - 1967. He recovered the a/c in 1983 from a salvage yard in Tuscon, AZ. and restored it to original Vietnam configuration. Originally built with US Army s/n 58-1358.
Registration / Serial:N4835Z
Aircraft Version:Beech RU-8D Seminole (50)
C/n (msn):LH-185
Operator Titles:USA - Army
City / Airport:Topeka - Regional / Forbes Field (KFOE / FOE)Map
Region / Country:Kansas, United States
Photo Date:29 October 2015
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact