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Bureau #: 83589 Construction #: 83725 Civil Registration: N92879 Model: SB2C-5 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: Unknown trade school, Montana, 1960. - Used as instructional airframe. Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, May 1963-1970. - Ferried from Montana to Ontario, 1962. - Displayed in original scheme as NAS Glenview/VA-103. Confederate Air Force, Harlingen/Midland, TX, 1970-2007. - Registered as N92879. - Restored to airworthy, Ontario, CA. -- Delivered to Harlingen, TX as USN 5, Nov. 1971. - Crashed after engine failure, Harlingen, TX, Aug. 1985. -- Rebuilt, returned to airworthy, Sept. 27, 1988. - Suffered minor damage after ground collision with Cessna 152, New Orleans-Lakefront, LA, Dec. 8, 2001. -- Repaired. - Flown as USN/83589/32. |
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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, 2007. Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner/Warbirds Resource Group. Timothy Cox Photography Caz Caswell John Hume Research Assistance: - |
