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.
While under restoration at Fighter Rebuilders.
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. Research Assistance:
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