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Bureau #: 121748 Construction #: D.1122 Civil Registration: N1029B N618F N200N F-AZRJ Model: F8F-2 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2005 |
History: Delivered to U.S. Navy as 121748. - BOC: Sept. 20, 1948. - SOC: Jan. 1, 1957. Bob Meyers, 1958. - Registered as N1029B. John Church/New Jersey Air Co, Hackensack, NJ, circa 1959-1963. Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, 1963-1967. - Registered as N618F, 1967. Stanley M. Krazet, Covina, CA, 1969-1975. - Flew as race #7. John Gury, St. Louis, MO, 1975-1979. - Registered as N200N. Harold Beal & Charles Smith, Knoxville, TN, 1979. Don Whittington/Whittington Brothers/World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1979-1997. - Flown to Ft. Collins, CO & stored, Feb. 1980-1997. René Bouverat/Air B Aviation, Marnaz, France, 1997-2000. - Restoration started by Power Pac, Ione, CA. - Restoration completed by Sanders Aviation. - First flight on Sept. 28, 1999 by Georges Perez. - Shipped to France, arrived Dec. 24, 1999. Air B Aviation, Annemasse, France, Mar. 1, 2000-2002. - Registered as F-AZRJ. - Flown in French Armee de l'Air (Indochina) markings. Ray Dieckman, Cincinnati, OH, July 2005. - Registered as N224RD. |
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):
Eric Janssonne.
Unknown.
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