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"Tarheel Hal"
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Serial #: 44-90368 Construction #: - Civil Registration: N4747P Model: P-47D Name: Tarheel Hal Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-90368. - BOC: May 7, 1945. - SOC: Aug. 28, 1947. Delivered to FA Venezuela as FAV 490368/6. - BOC: Oct. 28, 1947. Steve Schulke, Orlando, FL, 1971. - Along with 2 other airframes, deal not completed. Jean Salis Collection, La Ferte Alais, France, 1975-1987. - Noted stored in unrestored condition, La Ferte Alais, 1984-1985. Charles A. Osborne, Louisville, KY, 1987-1991. Charles Osborn/Blue Sky Aviation, Louisville, KY, June 1991-1998. - Registered as N4747P. - Restored to airworthy. - First flight 1991. - Flew as 4327773/4P-S/Big Ass Bird II. Air SRV Inc/ Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX, 1999-2007 - Flown as 433240/IA-N/Tarheel Hal. |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, 2007. |
Photo Source(s): John Hume Chuck Gardner Timothy Cox Photography Research Assistance: - |
