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Bureau #: 53454 Construction #: 3516 Civil Registration: N7030C Model: TBM-3E Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Tom White/Idaho Air Tankers Inc, Boise, ID, 1963-1964. - Registered as N7030C. - Flew as tanker #D13. Reeder Flying Service, Twin Falls, ID, 1966-1984. - Registered as tanker #13. Gary Wolverton, Twin Falls, ID, 1984. Southeastern Aircraft Inc, Live Oak, FL, 1986-1987. David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1990-1999. - Loaned to USNAM, NAS Corpus Christi, TX, 1987-1992. -- Displayed as 53454/Gipsy III, later X-2. - Operated by Air Classics, Rockford, IL, 1996-1997. -- Restored to airworthy. -- Flew as USN/53454. Gary Applebaum, Wilmette, IL, May 3, 1999-2001. Gerald Yagen/Training Services Inc/Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach, VA, May 15, 2001-2002. - Flown as USN/10. |
Circa 1990.
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):
Mike Henniger
Unknown.