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CORSAIR/Bu. 92399

Vought Corsair Bu. 92399

Bureau #: 92399
Construction #: 3660
Civil Registration:
  N4717C
  N448AG
  N17VW
  G-CCMV
  N451FG
  Model: FG-1D
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2003

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 92399, 19??.
Queen City Salvage Inc, Charlotte, NC, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N4717C.
Alvin T. George, Atlanta, GA, 1966-1969.
- Registered as N448AG.
- Crashed on take-off for ferry flight, Norfolk, VA, July 15, 1967.
USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, VA, 1969-1972.
Harry Doan, Daytona Beach, FL, 1972-1987.
John C. Hooper, Harvey, LA, 1988-1990.
William J. Hooper, Harvey, LA, 1992.
Charles A. Osborn/Blue Sky Aviation/Vintage Fighters Inc, Louisville, KY, July 1994-1997.
- Restoration to airworthy, 1995.
- Flew as USN/55798/17.
David Jeansomme/Vintage Wings & Things LLC, Lafayette, LA, March 9, 1998-200.
- Registration N17VW reserved but not taken up, January 1999.
Sherman Aircraft Sales, Palm Beach, FL, April 26, 2000.
- Registered as N448AG.
Paul Morgan, Sywell, UK, Aug. 2000-2002.
- Flown to Jacksonville, FL for shipping to UK, July 2000.
- Arrived at Southhampton, August 4, 2000.
- Delivered to Sywell, August 8, 2000.
- Redgistered as G-CCMV, November 2000.
- Operated by Aircraft Restoration Co, Duxford, UK, November 2001-2002.
- Felivered to Duxford, November 21, 2001.
- Flown as USN/5798/17.
Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX, September 2002-2003.
- Registered as N451FG.

Vought Corsair Bu. 92399

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):
Chuck Gardner
Unknown

Research Assistance:

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