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F7F TIGERCAT/Bu. 80532
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80532
Bureau #: 80532
Construction #: C.268
Civil Registration:
  N7195C
Model(s):
  F7F-3 Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2023
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 80532.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
George F. Kreitzberg, Salem, OR, October 1957-1963.
- Registered as N7195C.
- Delivered to Salem from NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, October 1957.
- Converted to sprayer.
- First flight, Salem, August 10, 1959.
Scotts Valley Flying Service, Etna, CA, July 2, 1960-1963.
- Converted to fire tanker, May 1960.
- Flew as tanker #E32.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1963-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E32, later #E40.
Gary H. Flanders & Mike Bogue/Power Pac Co, Oakland (later Ione) CA, August 1979-1998.
- Restored to airworthy.
- First flight 1980.
- Flew as Marines/80532/NI.
Earl M. Bogue, Ione, CA, December 2, 1998-2000.
- Flew as Marines/80532/NI.
Belleview International Inc, Dover, DE, August 3, 2000-2007.
- Restored to airworthy at Ione, CA, 2001-2004.
Merle Maine Enterprises, Ontario, OR, October 23, 2007-2015.
- Restoration continued at Ontario, OR, 2009-2016.
- Completed, April 2016.
- Finished in blue US Marines scheme.
Stuart Walton/Lawrence Classics LLC/Echo Matrix LLC, Bentonville, AR, November 30, 2015-2023.
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80532
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80532
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80532
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80532
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.
W.T. Larkins
Mike Walsh

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