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Bureau #: 123072 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: N72WP Model: F9F-2 Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2003 |
History: Air Service & Supply Co, Tulsa, OK, 1973. - Acquired as scrap. Jack Levine & Bill Pryor, Pontiac, MI, Jan. 1979-1985. - Registered as N72WP. - Rebuilt to airworthy, Pontiac, MI. - Parts used from Hulk of 137810 from Philadelphia Navy Yard. - First flight, July 30, 1983. Arthur A. Wolk, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 1985-1989. Flying Warbirds Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 1990-1992. - Flew as USN/123072/806V. Dave Polk, Pontiac, MI, 19??. - Damaged severely after take-off accident, Kalamazoo, MI, 1997. -- Pilot ok. Kalamazoo Air Zoo, Kalamazoo, MI. - Under restoration for display. |
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Kalamazoo Air Zoo Photo Source(s):
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