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Bureau #: 86746 Construction #: 5804 Civil Registration: N6290C Model: FM-2 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: California Pyrotechnic Institute, CA, circa 1947. - Registered as N6290C. Private Owner, Medford, OR, circa 1952. - Stripped for spares. Forrest M. Watson, Wellington, TX, 1964. Robert L. Younkin, Fayetteville, AR, 19??. - Hulk. Private Owner, St. Louis, MO, 19??. - Restoration project. Dick Lambert & Michael G. Rattke, Atlanta, GA, Feb. 1966. - Trucked dismantled from St. Louis to Atlanta, Apr. 1966. - Restored to airworthy. - First flight, June 6, 1967. - Flew as USN/86940/5. Michael G. Rattke, Merritt Island, FL 1969. Rudy Frasca/Antiques & Classics Inc/Frasca Air Museum, Champaign, IL, 1972-2002. - Flown as USN/5. Id also reported as Bu86940. |
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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): Richard Huston via Pat Carry. |
