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Yuma MCAS, March 1986.
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Bureau #: 133693 Construction #: ?? Civil Registration: CF-VUM N693M N33693 Model: F4U-7 Name: Blue Max Status: Wrecked Last info: 1987 |
History: Delivered to Aeronavale as 693. - Returned to US Navy, NAS Norfolk, VA. The Air Museum of Canada, Calgara, Alberta, 1967. - Registered as CF-VUM. American Aerospace & Military Museum, Pomona, CA, 1969-1970. - Registered as N693M. Robert E. Guilford, Beverly Hills, CA, 1970-1984. - Registered as N33693, 1971. - Flew as Race #3, later #93. - Flew as WR-93/Blue Max. G&R Aviation Enterprises, Santa Monica, CA, 1984-1987. - Crashed and destroyed near Brown Field, San Diego, CA, May 10, 1987. |
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):
Roling, Nigel - Pentavia Digital Imaging, http://website.lineone.net/~roling46/, 2002