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"Miss Merced"
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Serial #: WG567 Construction #: 41H/636294 Civil Registration: CF-VAN N878M Model: FB Mk. 11 Name: Miss Merced Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: Delivered to RCN as WG567. - BOC: Aug. 28, 1951. - SOC: Feb. 8, 1957. Robert P. Vanderveken, Pierrefords, Quebec. Sep. 1961-1965. - Registered as CF-VAN. Michael D. Carroll, Long Beach, CA, 1965-1969 - Registered as N878M. - Modifed as racer. -- Military equipment removed, airframe lightened. -- Outer wing panels clipped (removing 6.5 ft. total). -- Small bubble canopy installed. - First race appearance at Reno 1966. -- Flown as race #87/"Signal Sea Fury" by Lyle Shelton. Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA, 1969-1972. - Flew as Race #87/Miss Merced. - Nosed over during forced landing after engine failure near Mojave, CA, Nov. 13, 1971. Frank C. Sanders, Chino, CA, 1980-1981. - Acquired wreck. James A. Mott, South Gate, CA, 1984-1999. - Acquired wreck from Frank Sanders. - Rebuilt at Chino, 1984-1988. - Flew as race #42/Super Chief. Period betwen 1992-1999 unknown. Stephen Bolander and Jim Michaels/J&S Aviation, Oconomowoc, WI, Mar. 24, 1999-2002. - Trucked from Chino to Ione, CA for restoration. - Fitted with Wright R-3350 and additional racing mods. - First flight, Ione, CA, Mar. 2000. - Flown as race #87/Miss Merced. Eric Woelbing, Franksville, WI, July 21, 2003-2004. - Flown as race #87/Miss Merced. - Based at Kenosha Airport, WI. |
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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. Eric Woelbing. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003 Mike Henniger. Unknown. |
