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F7F TIGERCAT/Bu. 80494
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80404
80404 Arriving at Fantasy Of Flight.
Bureau #: 80404
Construction #: C.146
Civil Registration:
  N7626C
Model(s):
  F7F-3 Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 80404.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Aero Ads Inc, 1958-1959.
- Registered as N7626C.
- Used for skywriting, flew in red scheme with white lightning strike trim with Aero Ads under wings.
Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, 196w-1969.
- Flew as tanker #E42.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1984.
Macavia International Corp, Santa Rose, CA, June 1985-1986.
- Flew as tanker #E42.
Kermit Weeks/Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, 1986-1999.
- Displayed in USMC/VMF-531 scheme.
- Damaged by Hurricane Andrew, August 24, 1992.
- Restored to airworthy, Rialto, CA, 1993-2002.
Kermit Weeks/Fantasy Of Flight, Polk City, FL, 1999-2025.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Photo Source(s):
Pat Carry.

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