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Bureau #: 86581 Construction #: 5635 Civil Registration: N86581 N1PP Model: FM-2 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2005 |
History: New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, Mar. 25, 1946-1968. - Instructional Airframe. Abandonned, stripped, Las Vegas, NM, 1968. Robert L. Younkin, Fayetteville, AR, 1968. - Trucked to Fayetteville for retoration. - First flight, 1969. Gunther W. Balz, Kalamazoo, MI, 1969-71 - Registered as N86581. Preston Parish, Kalamazoo Air Zoo, MI, Dec. 1971-1973. Preston Parish/Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, 1974-2005. - Registered as N1PP. - Damaged from forced landing, Fortwayne, IN, 1984. -- Repaired. - Damaged from wheels up landing in corn field, Woodburn, IN, July 22, 1994. -- Repaired. - Flown as USN "7" (later 86581/1). |
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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): Pat Carry. Mike Henniger. |
