TBM AVENGER/Bu. 85869
Bureau #: 85869
Construction #:
2688
Civil Registration:
N9927Z
F-AZJA
Construction #:
2688
Civil Registration:
N9927Z
F-AZJA
Model(s):
TBM-3E
TBM-3R Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
TBM-3E
TBM-3R Avenger
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as 85869, 19??.
Justus O. Jackson, Comstock, TX, 1986-1988.
Delivered to United States Navy as 85869, 19??.
- Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, August 24, 1955.
- Registered as N9927Z.
- Flew as tanker #C3 (later #E39, #C39).
Justus O. Jackson, Comstock, TX, 1986-1988.
- Restored back to military configuration, complete with turret.
- Flew as USN/SK-401.
- Registered as F-AZJA, June 15, 1990.
- Shipped to Le Havre, France, September 30, 1989.
- Flies in RNFAA scheme.
With Globe Air, Mesa, AZ, March 1986.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Herve Champain.
Nigel Roling/Pentavia Digital Imaging.
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.
Herve Champain.
Nigel Roling/Pentavia Digital Imaging.
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.