05/31/2009. Produced in 1958, and previously registered to Charles K. Lyde of Oroville, California, USA, as N6652B, this battered but nicely finished aircraft is marked 'Navy', 'China Lake', 'DT', and 'VX-9', although it never served with the USN.

In fact, the USN used only two 310s, former USAF U-3As (originally L-27A Blue Canoes, s/n 58-2115 and 58-2135, c/n 38089 and 38109) that were transferred in the late sixties, and received BuNos. 159073 and 159074.