F-82 TWIN MUSTANG/46-256
Serial #: 46-256
Construction #: 144-38142
Civil Registration:
G-BXEI
N142AM
Construction #: 144-38142
Civil Registration:
G-BXEI
N142AM
History:
Delivered to NACA as NACA133.
- BOC: January 1950.
- SOC: March 1954.
- Used as NACA Lewis Research Centre, Cleveland, OG, 1950-1954.
Walter Soplata Collection, Newbury, OH, 1956-1997.
- Stored.
Dave Arnold/Wizzard Investments Ltd, Jersey, UK, April 7, 1997.
- Registered as G-BXEI.
- Fuselage trucked to Kansas City, KS, 1997.
- Wings still in Ohio in poor condition.
Amjet/Polar Aviation Museum, Anoka County, MN, May 11, 1998-2000.
- Registered as N142AM.
- Trucked to Anoka County, arriving May 20, 1998.
- Restoration to airworthy started.
Chris & Patrick Harker/C&P Aviation Services, St. Paul-Anoka County, MN, February 2000-2002.
- Under restoration to airworthy.
Sources:
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Dan Johnson
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay
Delivered to NACA as NACA133.
- BOC: January 1950.
- SOC: March 1954.
- Used as NACA Lewis Research Centre, Cleveland, OG, 1950-1954.
Walter Soplata Collection, Newbury, OH, 1956-1997.
- Stored.
Dave Arnold/Wizzard Investments Ltd, Jersey, UK, April 7, 1997.
- Registered as G-BXEI.
- Fuselage trucked to Kansas City, KS, 1997.
- Wings still in Ohio in poor condition.
Amjet/Polar Aviation Museum, Anoka County, MN, May 11, 1998-2000.
- Registered as N142AM.
- Trucked to Anoka County, arriving May 20, 1998.
- Restoration to airworthy started.
Chris & Patrick Harker/C&P Aviation Services, St. Paul-Anoka County, MN, February 2000-2002.
- Under restoration to airworthy.
Sources:
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Dan Johnson
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay