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Bureau #: 53319 Construction #: 3381 Civil Registration(s): N3966A G-BTDP HB-RDG Model(s): TBM-3 TBM-3R Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: Delivered to USN as 53319. - BOC: May 17, 1945. - SOC: Aug. 1956. - Stored, Sept. 29, 1954. Nevadair, Tonopah, NV, June 27, 1958-1970. - Registered as N3966A. Charlie T. Jensen, Tonopah, NV, 1972-1977. Stored unconverted, as RB-319, Sacramento, CA, 1958-1980. Aero Union, Chico, CA, 1980-1987. - Flown to Chico, 1981. - Stored unconverted. Anthony Haig-Thomas, North Weald, UK, May 1987-1991. TBM Aircraft Inc, Holmdell, NJ, 1988-1991. - Shipped to UK, Jan. 1989. - First Flight, Ipswich, Jan. 25, 1989. Anthony Haig-Thomas, North Weald, UK, Feb. 5, 1991-2004. - Registered as G-BTDP. - Flown as 53319/RB319. Trachsel Charles, Matin Calme, Switzerland, 2007. - Registered as HB-RDG. |
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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. Swiss Federal Office Of Civil Aviation, 2007. |
Photo Source(s): Caz Caswell Research Assistance: Coert Munk |
