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Bureau #: 97264 Construction #: 9418 Civil Registration: N5218V F-AZVJ Model: F4U-4 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, 1956-1959. - Stored. Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, 1959-1973 - Planned sale to Honduran AF but not completed. - Registered as N5218V. - Marked as USN/K11. - Stored unonverted, Mosely Field, Phoenix, AZ, 1967-1969. - Stored Tucson, AZ, 1973. Pacific Warbirds Museum, Half Moon Bay, CA, 1973-1977. Eugene H. Akers, San Diego, CA, 1977-1984. - Stored in hanger, Lancaster, CA. - Later displayed a car sales yard, Mojave, CA. Eugene H. Akers & Charles Hall, Ramona, CA, 1984-1991. - Rebuild to airworthy, Ramona, CA. - First flight Feb. 1992. - Flew as USN/Ghost Riders. Cecil Harp & Chuck Hall/H&H aircraft Sales, Pinedale, WY, 1991-1994. Charles R. Hall, Pinedale, WY, Apr. 1994-1996. Christophe Jacquard, Dijon, France, Jan. 1996. Christophe Jacquard/Flying Legends/Corsair Warbird Ltd, Dijon-Longvic, France, Apr. 16, 1996-2002. - Flown as USN/97264/403/Ghost Riders. |
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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): John Hume. |
