| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | F-AZBE |
| Alternate Serial: | 4312127 |
| Military Code: | TA-127 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American BC-1 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard |
| Aircraft Version: | North American AT-6F Texan |
| C/n (msn): | 121-42835 |
| Display Paint: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | La Ferté-AlaisMap |
| Country: | France |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LFFQ IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Le Temps des Hélices 2016 |
| Photo Date: | 14 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 274745 |
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From Aug 1980 until the early 1990s, Harvard F-AZBE was c/n 88-12127. But in 1993 that airframe was rebuilt as an NA-68 replica with new c/n SA-31, and the registration F-AZBE was given to this aircraft, c/n 121-42835. It is ex USAAF 44-82113, USN 112067, then Spanish AF E.16-179 and later C.6-179, and was acquired by Jean-Baptiste Salis in Jan 1979. Kept in storage until the early 1990s, then restored in these USAF markings with fake serial. It was registered as F-AZBE on 2 Mar 1993, still under the old and now incorrect c/n 88-12127 instead of c/n 121-42835. It is sometimes incorrectly quoted as c/n 88-12304 ex USN 27268, Spain C.6-180, but that airframe crashed at San Bartolome de Tirajana (Gran Canaria) on 9 Mar 1977. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 29 August 2020, and has since been viewed 702 times. |