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"Sky Boss"
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Bureau #: 67089 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: N4716C N4715C N97GM N83JC Model: FG-1D Name: Sky Boss Status: Airworthy Last info: 2008 |
History: NAS Jacksonville, FL, 1953-1958. - Stored. - Put up for disposal, 1958. Queen City Salvage, Jacksonville, FL, 1958. Queen City Salvage Inc., Charlotte, NC, 1964-1969. - Registered as N4716C. Earl E. Ware, Jacksonville, FL, 1975-1977. Terry Randal/Har Ran Aircraft Sales,Tulsa, OK, 1979. Knight Aircraft Corporation, Jan. 1977-1981. - Registered as N4715C. Don C. Davis/Tired Iron Racing Team, Casper, WY, 1981-1986. - Flew as race #82/Wart Hog. Gary Meermans, Long Beach, CA, 1986-1987. Gary Meermans, Chino, CA, Mar. 1987-1992. - Registered as N97GM. - Flew as VF-53/Sky Boss. Jeff Clyman/F4U Inc, New York, NY, Jan. 11, 1994-2008. - Registered as N83JC. - Flown as VF-53/Sky Boss. - Based at American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, NY. |
67089 flying as "Wart Hog", circa mid-80s.
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002. Photo Source(s): Unknown. |
