Bureau #: 80503 Construction #: C.245 Civil Registration:
N800RW
N805MB
Model(s): F7F-3N Tigercat Name: Big Bossman Status: Airworthy Last info: 2009
History:
TBM Inc, Sequoia, CA, 1960-1980.
- Stored dismantled in hut, Sequoia, CA, 1973. Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX, Jan. 1989-2002.
- Rebuilt at Fort Collins, CO, 1988-2002.
- Flew as Marines 80503/RW/Big Bossman.
Monique Ltd, Carson City, NV, 2003-2004.
- Flown as Marines 80503/RW/Big Bossman. Lewis Racing LLC, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2010-2011.
- Registered as N805MB.
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.
Photo Source(s):
Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum
Ernie Viskupic/www.wingmanphotography.com via JetPhotos.Net.
Steve Tournay, 1992. Research Assistance:
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