Aircraft Photo of N4204A | Smith Tempo II | AirHistory.net #362207
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N4204A
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas A-26 Invader
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26/JD)
Aircraft Version:Smith Tempo II
C/n (msn):28919
Location
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland InternationalMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KOAK   IATA: OAK   Local: OAK   Other: -
 
Photo Date:11 January 1978
Photo by:Bob Thomas
Photo ID: 362207
Photo Comment

Built as A-26C S/N 44-35640. Sold surplus in 1957 and used as the prototype for the Smith Tempo II executive modification of the A-26. Only one other Tempo II was built. At the time slide was taken it was owned by University of Nevada (from 1968 to 1980) for their Desert Research Institute. Crashed on 2 March 1980 after icing up while on a weather research flight over the Sierra Nevada mountains with no survivors.

This photo is copyright © Bob Thomas, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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