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Serial #: 44-27053 Construction #: 8057 Civil Registration: NX65485 NX345 N345 N345DN N577JB Model(s): P-38L F-5G Name: Relampago Status: Display Last info: 2007 Note: also reported as 8091, s/n 44-27087 |
History: Russell C. Reeves, Tulsa, OK., Apr. 1946-1950. - Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ. - Registered as NX65485. Tennessee Valley Authority, TN, Nov. 1950-1953. - Registered as N65485. - Used in survey operations. Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia, PA, July 1953-1957. - Operated by World Wide Surveys Inc, 1954-1955. -- Flew as fleet #2. James M. Cook, Jacksboro, TX., Jan. 1957-1969. - Registered as N345. - Used for weather research. Gary R. Levitz/Confederate Air Force, Dallas, TX., June 1969-1983. - Flown as race #55, #38/"Double Trouble Too". - Damaged on landing when undercarraige collapsed , Sept. 1983. Invader Aviation, Wilmington, DE, Nov. 1983-1984. - Registered as N345DN. John MacGuire, El Paso, TX., Apr. 1987-1994. - Registered as N577JB. War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM, 1994-2007. - Displayed in glossy black as N345/Relampago. |
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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, Washington D.C., 2002. |
Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group Roger Besecker via Mike Szuberski Research Assistance: - |
