|
|
"Ruff Stuff"
           |
|
Serial #: 44-27231 Construction #: 422-8235 Civil Registration: NX79123 N79123 Model(s): P-38L F-5G Name: Ruff Stuff Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: James L. Harp, Aurora, IL, July 1946. - Purchased from War Assets Administration, Altus, OK. - Registered as NX79123. - Flown as Bendix racer #95. Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA., 1955-1976. - Stored Brackett Field, CA & Hardwick's yard. J.E. Howard, Champaign, IL, Nov. 1946-1948. - Registered as N79123. Ray Reinert, Chicago-Palwaukee, IL, 1948-1950. Carl C. Hughes, San Antonio, TX, 1950-1954. Joseph P. Jacobson, Stilwell, KS, 1954. Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA, 1955-1976. - Stored in yard, El Monte, 1960-1976. David Tallichet/Yesterdays Air Force/MARC, Chino, CA, 1976-1987. - Stored, Chino, 1976-1980. - Under restoration, Tulsa, OK, 1984. - Rebuild in Tulsa, OK & Chino, CA. David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp., Chino, CA, Oct. 1987-1999. - Restoration completed. - Fitted with fighter nose. - First flight Nov. 1995. - Flown as Richard Bong's "Marge". - Loaned to USAFM, March AFB, CA, 1998-2001. Flying Heritage Collection, Bellevue, WA, June 21, 1999-2002. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 2003 Ronald Fagen, Granite Falls, MN, 2004. Minnesota Airways LLC, Granite Falls, MN, July 2007. - Flown as Ruff Stuff. |
|
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): Unknown. Steve Tournay. Timothy Cox Photography Scott "Gunny" Perdue Peter Geffers Research Assistance: Pat Carry/WIX |
