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Bureau Number: 122629 Construction #: D.1170 Civil Registration: N1031B N777L Model: F8F-2 Name: Rare Bear Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Registered as N1031B by ??, 19??. Crashed at Valparaiso, IN, 1962. Earl Reinert/Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL, 1968. - Wreck stored, Valparaiso, IN, (later Mundelein, IL), 1962-1968. Lyle T. Shelton, Granada Hills, CA, 1968-2002. - Registered as N777L. - Rebuilt Long Beach, CA. - Equipped with Wright R-3350. - First Flight Sep. 1969. - Flown as modified racer #70, #77/Able Cat (Later Rare Bear) - Broke World piston engine speed record, Aug. 21, 1969. -- 528 mph. - Minor damage during forced landing, Reno, NV (repaired, Sept. 1992. |
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):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
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