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"City Of Burlington"
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Serial #: 43-4432 Construction #: 98-21433 Civil Registration: NL90399 N90399 N10V Model: B-25H Name: City Of Burlington Status: Airworthy Last Info: 2002 |
History: Joe Zappa/Delta Drilling Co, Dallas, TX, June 25, 1947. -- Purched from RFC Altus, OK. Texas Aircraft Trading Co, Tyler, TX, Aug. 1947-1948. - Registered as NL90399. Jacques Power Saw Co, Dennison, TX, Mar. 1948-1949. - Registered as N90399. A.B. Wharton, Vernon, TX, Sept. 1949-1952. Mechanical Productions Inc., Jackson, MI, Feb. 1952 - Registered as N10V. Alfred E. Merhige, Hollywood, FL, Mar. 1954. - Fitted with executive interior. - Reported operated by Porfirio Rubirosa. J.O. Willet, Monroe, LA, Dec. 1954. Husky Oil Co/Canam Company, Cody, WY, Oct. 1955-1960. - Further executive modifications completed, Dec. 1955. -- Fitted with airstair and pointed tail cone. Cherokee Flying Service, Mar. 1960-1962. - Flew as Cherokee II. Tropical Export Trading, Fot Lauderdale, FL, June 1962. Long Island Airways, New York, NY, June 1962-1968. Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, Sept. 1968. Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, Sept. 1968-1972 - Used in filming "Catch-22" as "Berlin Express" Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA, May 1971-1972. EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI, Aug. 18, 1972-2002 - Flown as USAAF/34030/City Of Burlington. |
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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. Photo Source(s): Glenn Chatfield. |
