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Bureau #: 86819 Construction #: 5877 Civil Registration: N5833 Model: FM-2 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: Built by General Motors as FM-2. Delivered to U.S. Navy as 86819, 19??. Butler Aviation, Redmond, OR, circa 1957. - Registered as N????. - Modified for use as sprayer!. - Crashed while spraying., circa 1958. Ron Zerbel, Nyssa, OR, C60. - Acquired hulk. Reported to have pssed through various owners while being rebuilt. Eugene Mahlon, OR, 1973. Yankee Air Corps, Chino, CA, 1981-1986 - Registered as N5833, Aug. 1983. Confederate Air Force/Air Group One, Ramona, CA, 1986-1989. - Trucked from Chino to Ramona for rebuild. - First flight Apr. 24, 1987. Commemorative Air Force, Harlingen/Midland, TX, Jan. 1989-2007. - Damaged when undercarraige collapsed while park, CA, 1993. - Flown as USN/86819/00/USS Carl Vinson. - Shipped to New Zealand, 2002. |
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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, 2007. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): John Hume Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003 warbirdsovernewzealand.com. Research Assistance: - |
