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TBM AVENGER/Bu. 91521
Grumman Avenger Bu. 91521

Bureau #: 91521
Construction #:
  4426
Civil Registration(s):
  N4171A
Model(s):
  TBM-3E Avenger
Name: None
Status (2006): Airworthy (2017)
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 91521.
Reeder Flying Service, Twin Falls, ID, 1963-1972.
  • Registered as N4171A.
  • Flown as tanker #D11 (later #11).
Louis Deterding, Havre, MT, 1977.
Donald J. von Siegel, Parkin, AR, 1984-1987.
Corwin H. "Corky" Meyer, Ocala, FL, 1988-1994.
  • Fuselage destroyed by fire during restoration, 1989.
  • Rebuild completed using fuselage from Bu. 53489.
  • First flight, May 5, 1994.
  • Flew as USN/25.
Stephen M. Hay, Lansing, IL (later Syracuse, IN and Tucson, AZ), 1994-1998.
Wawasee Airport Inc, Syracuse, IN, April 28, 1998-1999.
Northern Indiana Aviation Museum, Goshen, IN, 1999-2002.
Freeberg Family LLP, Escondido, CA, February 2003-2008.
TBM Avenger LLC, Huntington, IN, January 2017-2019.
Grumman Avenger Bu. 91521
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.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
Brandon Kunicki
Jay Sherlock via Christopher Adam.

Research Assistance:
Christopher Adam
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