
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | 131708 |
Alternate Registration: | N7051U |
Military Code: | QH-708 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild C-119/R4Q Flying Boxcar |
Aircraft Version: | Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar |
C/n (msn): | 10893 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Marines |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Santa Ana - El Toro MCAS (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNZJ IATA: - Local: NZJ Other: - |
Collection: | US Marine Corps Museum |
Event: | MCAS El Toro Air Show 1991 |
Photo Date: | 26 April 1991 |
Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
Photo ID: | 474312 |
Photo Comment |
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Built for the US Navy as R4Q-2 131708. Redesignated as a C-119F in 1962. Stored at Davis Monthan AFB with park code 4C026 in 1975. Sold to Dross Metals in 1980. Registered as N7051U in 1988. To Hawkins and Powers Aviation in 1989 then to the US Marine Corps Museum at El Toro by 1991. Moved to Miramar by 1999. Registration N7051U was still carried on the tail booms, and serial 131708 was on the tails. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 July 2022, and has since been viewed 349 times. |