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"Little Demon"
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Serial #: 42-25068 Construction #: ?? Civil Registration: N42354 N47DG Model(s): P-47G TP-47G Name: Little Demon Status: Restoration Last info: 2006 |
History: Aero Industries Technical School, Oakland, CA, 1946-1952. Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA, 1952-1975. - Used by Flying Tiger as ground engine test rig. - Stored Hardwicks yard, El Monte, CA, Circa 1955-1975. Eagle Aviation, Tulsa, OK, 1975. - Restoration begun. Hurley Boehlers/Sirrus Aviation, Tulsa, OK, 19??. Ray Stutsman, Elkhart, IN, Dec. 7, 1979-1987. - Registered as N42354, May 1981. - Reregistered as N47DG, Feb. 1982. - Restored Elkhart, IN, first flight. Apr. 1982. - Flown as 28476/Little Demon. Robert L. Waltrip/Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston, TX May 1987-1992. - Later Galveston, TX. David Arnold/Flying A Services, North Weald, UK, circa 1996-2002. - Shipped to UK and stored. - Removed from U.S. civil register, July 2000. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 2006. - Under restoration. |
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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): Caz Caswell. Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002 |
