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"Big Stud"
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Serial #: 42-8205 Construction #: ?? Civil Registration: NC75640 N14519 Model: P-47D Name: Big Stud/88 Status: Display Last info: 2005 |
History: Texas Railway & Equipment Co, Houston, TX, 1949. - Registered as NC75640. Delivered to FA Boliviana as FAB ??, Oct. 1949. - delivered from Clinton AFB, OK to Washington DC, Oct. 5, 1949. - Ferried to La Paz, Oct. 1949. - Never operational. - Gate guard as FAB 007, La Paz-El Alto AB Jim Cullen/Westair International Inc, Monument, CO, July 1973. - Recovered from La Paz. Westair International, Monument, CA, Dec. 1973-1976. - Registered as N14519. Doug Champlin/Windward Aviation, Enid, OK, Feb. 1976-1981. - Rebuilt Carlsbad, CA, 1976-1981. - First flight 1981. Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ, May 1981-2000. - Displayed as Big Stud/88. - Maintained in airworthy condition. Museum Of Flight, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2000-2005. |
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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): Chuck Gardner. Mike Henniger. |
