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F6F HELLCAT/Bu. 80141
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 80141
Bureau #: 80141
Construction #:
  A-11286
Civil Registration:
  N80142
  N100TF
  N10CN
  G-BTCC
  N467RL
Model(s):
  F6F-5N Hellcat
  F6F-5K Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 80141.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: 1961
- Converted to F6F-5K target drone, March 1957.
- Assigned to Johnsville NAS, PA, 1957-1960.
-- Survived target drone service.
- Put up by US Navy for disposal, September 1961.
- Total Time on airframe, 1800 hrs.
Earl Reinert/Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL, 196?.
USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, CA, 1965-1971.
- Registered as N80142, September 28, 1967.
W.C. Yarbrough, Marietta, GA, April 22, 1971.
- Overhauled at Peachtree-Dekalb Airport GA.
- Certificate of airworthiness, September 28, 1971.
- Total time: 202 hrs.
Staggerwing Service Centre, Tullahoma, TN, November 15, 1971.
Thomas H. Friedkin, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, January 1977-1978.
- Registered as N100TF.
- Nosed over during landing,Elsinore-Skylark Airport, CA, December 4, 1976.
Thomas Friedkin/Cinema Air Inc, Houston, TX, October 15, 1978-1982.
- Crashed after forced landing, San Marcos, CA, April 3, 1979.
Charles F. Nichols/Yankee Air Corps, Chino, CA, February 15, 1982-1989.
- Acquired as wreckage.
- Rebuild begun at Chino, CA.
- Used port wing from Bu. 80141 port wing, unused crated starboardd wing, fuselage center-section of Bu. 08831.
- Certificat of Airworthiness issued at Chino, July 6, 1988.
- All metallic finish.
David C. Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1988-1989.
- Registered as N100TF.
- Test flowm July 1989.
- Flew in RNFAA camouflage.
Patina Ltd/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, August 2, 1989.
Steve Hinton, Chino, CA, December 1989.
- Registered as N10CN on behalf of TFC.
- Registered as N100TF on behalf of TFC, January 1990.
- Shipped from Chino to Duxford, arriving August 1, 1990.
Patina Ltd/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, December 31, 1990-2015.
- Registered as G-BTCC.
- Flew as blue USN "40467/19".
- Sold to USA, departed Duxford by road, February 6, 2015.
Spitfire Aircraft LLC, San Antonio, TX, May 19, 2019-2021.
- Registered as N467RL.
Rod Lewis/Air Legends Foundation, San Antonio, TX, March 18, 2022-2025.
- Rebuilt, Breckenridge, TX, 2021-2024.
- First flight, November 13, 2024.
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 80141
Circa 1990.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Tony Chambers Photography.
Unknown.

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