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"Magnificent Obsession"
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Serial #: ? Construction #: 37703 (ISS23) Civil Registration: N40SF VH-HFA N57JB Model: Fury FB. 10 Name: Magnificent Obsession Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to Iraqi AF as 253, Nov. 21, 1949. Ed Jurist & David C. Tallichet, Orlando, FL, 1979. - Recovered from Iraq. - Stored dismantled in Orlando, FL. - Registered as N40SF. Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NY, Aug. 1979-1982. Guido Zuccoli, Darwin, NT, 1981-1984. - Shipped. - First flight, Apr. 1984. Ted Allen, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia, Jan. 25, 1984-1988. - Registered as VH-HFA. - ID incorrectly reported as WJ231. - Flew as RAN/253/K/"Magnificent Obsession". John MacGuire, Abilene, TX, Nov. 1988. - Shipped from Darwin. John MacGuire/War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM, Nov. 1988-2002. - Registered as N57JB. - Displayed as RAN/253/K/"Magnificent Obsession". - Maintained airworthy. |
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):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003