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P-63 KINGCOBRA/44-4393



         
   
Serial #: 44-4393
Construction #:
  33-978
Civil Registration:
  NX62822
  N62822
  Model(s):
  P-63C Kingcobra
  RP-63C Kingcobra
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1990

History:
Bird Airways, Long Beach, CA, 1946-1948.
- Registered as NX62822.
- Flew as Bendix Racer #17.
Gallen F. Bartmus, Kingman, AZ, 1954.
- Registered as N62822.
Bruce M. Madison, Phoenix, AZ, 1963-1966.
John R. Sandberg, Minneapolis, MN, 1969-1975.
- Flew as race #28/Tipsy Miss.
- Damaged in off airport forced landing, near Crystal, MN, July 10, 1969.
Mike Smith, Johnson, KS, Dec. 1975-1979.
- Flew as race #28/270134/What Price Speed.
Bob Reiser/Southport Aviation, Reno, NV, 1981-1990.
- Flew in all red scheme as 44393/Cobra.
- Leased by Stephen Grey/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1987-1990.
-- Shipped from Chino, CA, Jan. 6, 1988.
-- First flight, Duxford, May 12, 1988.
-- Flew in Soviet AF scheme.
-- Crashed and destroyed near La Ferte-Alais, France, June 4, 1990.

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):
Nigel Roling - Pentavia Digital Imaging,
James F. Buxton

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