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Bureau #: 80141 Construction #: A-11286 Civil Registration: N80142 NX100TF N10CN N100TF G-BTCC Model: F6F-5K Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2008 |
History: USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, CA, 1965-1970. - Registered as N80142. W.C. Yarbrough, Marietta, GA, 1972. Thomas H. Friedkin, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Jan. 1977-1979. - Registered as NX100TF. - Nosed over during landing, Elsinore, CA, Dec. 4, 1976. - Crashed after forced landing, San Marcos, CA, Apr. 3, 1979. Charles F. Nichols/Yankee Air Corps, Chino, CA, 1981-1988. - Registration N10CN reserved but not taken up. - Rebuilt using center-section Bu 08831, Chino, CA, 1985-1988. Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1988-1989. - Registered as N100TF. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1989-2008. - First Flight July 1989, Chino, CA. - Shipped to UK, Aug. 1, 1990. - Registered as G-BTCC, Dec. 1990. - Flown as USN 40467/19. |
Circa 1990.
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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, 2008. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): Tony Chambers Photography. Unknown. Research Assistance: - |
