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Bureau #: 67070 Construction #: 3997 Civil Registration: N29VF |
Model: FG-1D Corsair Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2011 |
History:
Built at Akron, OH, September 1945.
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 67070.
- BOC: September 1945
- SOC: February 29, 1957
- Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, 1957.
Delivered El Salvadoran AF as FAS 201, 1957-1975.
- Damaged in landing accident, stored for parts, May 1958.
Reported recovered from El Salvador, circa 1975.
John Roxbury, Princeton, MN, Feb. 1973-1999.
- Purchased from FAS by James McNabem Feb. 14, 1973.
- Stripped hulk airfreighted to Miami, FL by TACA Airlines.
- Shipped by truck to Jacksonville, NC/
Charles A. Osborn/Vintage Aircraft, Louisville, KY, Sept. 15th, 1999-2004.
- Arrived in Louisville, KY, Sept. 15, 1999.
- Arrived in original FAS Markings.
- Restored to airworthy, 2005.
Blue Sky Aviation, Streetman, TX, September 3, 2004-2005.
- Registered as N29VF.
- Painted at Goderich, Ontario, Canada, May 2005.
- Flew as USN/29.
Tony Raftis/Provenance Fighter Sales, Reno, NV, 2006.
Rod Lewis/Lewis Aeronautical LLC, San Antonio, TX, October 2, 2006-2011.
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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. BentWings.Com Air Classics, January 2005. |
Photo Source(s): Travis Rutherford. Research Assistance: Pat Carry |
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