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Serial #: 44-53254 Construction #: 8509 Civil Registration: NX25Y N25Y Model: P-38L Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2007 Note: also reported as C/N 5339, S/N 44-24335 |
History: Lilee Products Co, Chicago, IL, Apr. 1946. - Acquired from War Assets Administration, Kingman, AZ for $1250. - Registered as NX25Y. J. D. ReedCo, Houston, TX, 1947-1953 - Flown as Bendix Racer #14/"Sky Ranger" Hugh Wells, Baltimore, MD, 1953. - Registered as N25Y. Sylvan Lair & Vernon Thorpe, Yukon, OK, 1962-1963 Marvin L. Gardner & Lloyd Nolan/Confederate Air Force, Mercedes, TX, 1964-1970. Joe Henderson/CAF, Brownwood, TX, 1972 Marvin L Gardner, Harlingen & Austin, TX, 1977-2005 - Flown as race #25 (later #13) "White Lightnin" - Crash landed after engine failure, Greenwood, MS, June 25, 2001. Red Bull, Salsburg, Austria, 2005-2007. - Under restoration to airworthy by Ezell Aviation. |
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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. |
Photo Source(s): Unknown. Tom Griffith Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum Research Assistance: - |
