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"Southern Cross"
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Serial #: - Construction #: 37525 41H/656823 Civil Registration: N30SF N71GB Model(s): FB Mk. 10 Name: Southern Cross Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to Iraqi AF as 325, Nov. 1953. Ed Jurist & David C. Tallichet, Orlando, FL, 1979. - Registered as N30SF. - Recovered from Iraq. - Stored dismantled in Orlando, FL. Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International, Nyack, NY, 1979-1984. George H. Baker/American Aero Services, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Nov. 1986-1989. - Rebuilt as "Sky Fury". - Modified with P&W R-3350. - Used parts of VZ365/D-CACA. - First flight 1990. - Flew as race #71. George H. Baker, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Sept. 1989-1997. - Registered as N71GB. - Damaged Oshkosh, WI, Aug. 1991. -- Repaired. - Flew as race #76/RAN GB/"Southern Cross". John K. Bagley, Rexburg, ID, 1998-2002. - Flown as race #47/RAN/"Southern Cross". Stephen Patterson, Kansas City, MO, 2003 - Currently undergoing minor cosmetic restoration. |