Bureau #: 80483 Construction #:
C.225 Civil Registration:
N6178C
Model(s): F7F-3P Tigercat Name: Bad Kitty Status: Airworthy Last info: 2010
History:
Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, 1964-1966.
- Registered as N6178C.
- Flew as tanker #E43.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1985.
Macavia International Corp, Santa Rosa, CA, June 1985-1986.
- Flew as tanker #E43.
Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, 1987-1988.
- Stored Santa Rosa, CA.
Lea Aviation (US) Inc, Tampa, FL/Duxford, UK, 1988-1993.
- Arrived Duxford, Nov. 13, 1988.
- Operated by Plane Saling Air Displays.
- Flew as USN/JW/483.
Richard Bertea, Chino CA, 1993-2002. Historic Flight Foundation, Seattle, WA, March 2006-2011.
- Flown as Bad Kitty.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Federal Aviation Administration, 2011.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
Nigel Roling - Pentavia Digital Imaging, http://website.lineone.net/~roling46/, 2002
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.
Caz Caswell. Research Assistance:
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