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Sea Venom/WZ944



Serial #: WZ944
Construction #: 12786
Civil Registration:
  N7022H
Model(s):
  Sea Venom
  FAW.53
  TT.53
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2003
  History:
Delivered to Royal Australian Navy as WZ944 (later N4-944).
- BOC: Feb. 27, 1956.
- SOC: July 25, 1966.
- Arrived on aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, May 1956.
- Up for disposal at NAS Nowra, NSW, Sept. 16, 1971.
Pearce Dunn/Warbirds Aviation Museum, Mildura Victoria, 1971-1989.
- Displayed as RAN/WZ944/NW873.
Dennis Sanders/ Sanders Aircraft, Chino, CA, 1989-1993.
Sanders Aircraft, Chino CA 5.93/95
- Registered as N7022H.
- Restored to airworthy, 1992-1995.
-- First flight, 1995.
- Flew as RAN/WZ944.
Wally Fisk/Amjet Aircraft Corp, St Paul, MN, 1995-2000.
D & J Aviation, Huntington, IN, Sept 14, 2000-2001.
Private Owner, Ontario, OR, 2002.
- Sale reported by FAA.
- Flown as Royal Navy/WZ944/Z.

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, Washington D.C., 2005.
Photo Source(s):
Dave Hackett