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"Big Chief"
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Serial #: 45-49205 Construction #: 39955744 Civil Registration: N47DE G-BLZW N47RP Model: P-47D Name: Big Chief Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to FA Peruana as 547, later FAP122. - BOC: Mar. 1953. - Open storage, Piura AB, Peru, 1963-1969. Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International Ltd, Nyack, NY, July 24, 1969-1975. - Registered as N47DE. - Arrived onboard SS Rosaldina to Brownville, TX, Sept. 5, 1969. - Assembled by CAF, Harlingen, TX, First flight 1973. - Minor damage after collision with Cessna 150, Harlingen, TX, May 22, 1973. David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, Apr. 30, 1975-1979. - Stored Barstow-Daggett, CA, 1975-1979. Doug Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Blackbushe, May 1979-1985. - Arrived at Blackbushe from Chino, CA, Nov. 11, 1979. - Registered as G-BLZW, July 15, 1985. Stephen Grey, Duxford, Sept. 18, 1985. Robert Pond/Planes Of Fame East, Eden Prairie, MN, Dec. 17, 1985. - Shipped from UK-Chino, CA, First flight June 1986. - Registered as N47DE. Robert J. Pond, Eden Prairie, MN, Mar. 1986-1997. - Registered as N47RP. - Flown as 228473/Big Chief/HV-P. - Displayed at EAA Museum, Oshkosh, WI, 1991. Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA, Dec. 1997-2002. - Registered as N47RP. - Flown as 228473/HV-P/Big Chief. |
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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 - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002. Pat Carry. |
