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P-63C/44-4181

Serial #: 44-4181
Construction #: 33-766
Civil Registration:
  NX73744
  N73744
  N9009
Model: P-63C
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2002
   History:
Frank Singer, 1947-1949.
- Registered as NX73744.
- Flew as Bendix racer #53.
Harry R. Snoke, Fort Wayne, IN, 1954.
- Registered as N73744.
Bruce Madison, Phoenix, AZ, 1963-1968.
Crashed, Chicago, IL, June 1968.
Darryl Greenamyer, Las Vegas, NC, 1969.
Larry H. Havens/Pylon Air, Long Beach, CA, 1972.
- Registered as N9009.
- Rebuilt as highly modified racer using several airframes.
- Flew as race #90.
- Crashed in Pacific Ocean on test flight from Long Beach, CA, Sept. 7, 1972.
-- Pilot bailed out.
Don Anklin, Mooresville, NC, 1984.
- Salvaged wreck.
Yankee Air Corps, Chino, CA, 1985-1992.
- Parts used in restoration of 43-11117.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
 Photo Source(s):
Tony Andrews.