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Airframe Details for C-130 #3081

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3081 (56-0473)
LM Aero T/V 3081
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 56-473
C-130A
Current Civilian N473TM
C-130A
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 56-473 C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-473 USAF 35 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-473 USAF 303 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-473 USAF 64 TAS C-130A
Aug 1989 [act] N473TM C-130A
TBM Inc.
Nov 2015 [sto] N473TM C-130A
Donated to the Castle Air Museum. Currently located at Sequoia Field near Visalia California. Work is underway to make the aircraft ferryable and make its final flight to Castle by late spring of 2015


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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