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F7F TIGERCAT/Bu. 80425
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425
Bureau #: 80425
Construction #: C.167
Civil Registration:
  N7235C
  G-RUMT
  N909TC
Model(s):
  F7F-3P Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 80425.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air Service, Redmond, OR, 1963-1966.
- Registered as N7235C.
- Flown as tanker #F17 (later #17).
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, 1969-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E64.
David C. Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1982-1994.
- Flew as Marined/VMFN-515.
- Loaned to Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS, 1992-1994.
- Loaned to The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1994-1998.
-- Delibered from Topekav to Chino, CA, for restoration, 1994.
-- First flight, June 7, 1996.
-- Delivered from Chino to Reykjavik to Duxford, June 26-29, 1996.
-- Flown as "Marines 80425/WT4".
Steven J. Hinton, Chino, CA, June 4, 1996-1998.
- Operated by TFC.
Patina Ltd/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, April 6, 1998-2006.
- Registered as G-RUMT.
- Flew as "Marines 80425/WT4".
- Departed from Duxford on June 9, 2007 for delivery to Chino, CA, arriving June 15, 2007.
Joe Clark/Avstar Inc, Seattle, WA, July 10, 2007-2023.
- Registered as N909TC.
- Flown as "Marines 80425/WT4".
Spitfire Ventures LLC, San Antonio, TX, April 03, 2025.
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425
While under restoration at Fighter Rebuilders.
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425

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):
Tony Chambers Photography.
Linda Carry.
Caz Caswell.
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.

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