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Serial #: 44-90460 Construction #: 399-55605 Civil Registration: N9246B Model: P-47D Name: Hun Hunter XVI Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to Brazilian AF as F-47 4175. - BOC: Oct. 30, 1953. - SOC: Mar. 17, 1958. - Retired and stripped for parts. - Displayed as 226450/A1, Recife AB, Brazil, 1970-1987. Museu Aerospacial, Campo dos Afoncos, Rio, 1987-1988. Airplane Sales International, Santa Monica, CA, 1988. - Arrived dismantled, Chino, CA from Brazil, Sept. 1988. Airplane Sales, International, Beverly Hills, CA, Sept. 1995. - Registered as N9246B. - Stored, Santa Monica, CA, 1990-1996. Neal Melton, Luttrell, TN, Oct. 2, 1996-2002. - Restored to airworthy, Rialto, CA, June 13, 1996-1999. - First flight, Aug. 3, 1999. - Flown as USAAF/490460/40/Hun Hunter XVI. |
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002 Tulio R P Couceiro. Mint Moore III. |
