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F7F TIGERCAT/Bu. 80425

Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425

Bureau #: 80425
Construction #: C.167
Civil Registration:
  N7235C
  G-RUMT
  Model: F7F-3P Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2007

History:
Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air Service, Redmond, OR, 1963-1966.
- Registered as N7235C.
- Flown as tanker #F17 (later #17).
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, 1969-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E64.
Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1982-1996.
- Flew as Marined/VMFN-515.
- Loaned to Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS, 1992-1996.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, June 1996-2011.
- Registered as G-RUMT.
- Rebuilt by Steve Hinton, Fighter Rebuilders, Chino, CA.

Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425

Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425
While under restoration at Fighter Rebuilders.
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425

Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425


Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
Tony Chambers Photography.
Linda Carry.
Caz Caswell.
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.

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