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"Southern Cross"
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Serial #: - Construction #: 37525 41H/656823 Civil Registration: N30SF N71GB |
Model(s): FB Mk. 10 Name: Southern Cross Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
History:
Delivered to Iraqi AF as 325, November 1953.
Ed Jurist & David C. Tallichet, Orlando, FL, 1979.
- Registered as N30SF.
- Recovered from Iraq.
- Stored dismantled in Orlando, FL.
Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NY, 1979-1984.
George H. Baker/American Aero Services, New Smyrna Beach, FL, November 1986-1989.
- Rebuilt as "Sky Fury".
- Modified with P&W R-3350.
- Used parts of VZ365/D-CACA.
- First flight 1990.
- Flew as race #71.
George H. Baker, New Smyrna Beach, FL, September 1989-1997.
- Registered as N71GB.
- Damaged Oshkosh, WI, August 1991.
-- Repaired.
- Flew as race #76/RAN GB/"Southern Cross".
John K. Bagley, Rexburg, ID, 1998-2002.
- Flown as race #47/RAN/"Southern Cross".
Stephen Patterson, Kansas City, MO, 2003
- Currently undergoing minor cosmetic restoration.
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, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
Stephen Patterson
Photo Source(s):
Nick Panasenko
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003
Stephen Patterson
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