Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:18 pm
Cook Cleland Air Service, Willoughby, OH, 1946-1949.
- Registered as NX63382.
- Flew as race #90/Joe (later #99).
Vought Company, Bridgeport, CT, 19??.
- Registered as N63382.
- Used as executive transport.
Paul Mantz, Orange County, CA, 1955-1963.
Tallmantz Aviation/International Flight & Space Museum, Santa Ana, CA, 1963-1966.
Rosen Novak Auto Co., Omaha, NE, 1966.
- Remained displayed at Tallmantz Collection.
Jack M. Spanich, Detroit, MI, 1969-1980.
Kermit Weeks/Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, March 1984-2008.
- Stored, dismantled, Polk City, FL, March 10, 1984-2007
- Shipped to Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 2007.
-- Under restoration to airworthy.
Sun Sep 10, 2017 2:42 pm
Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:09 pm
Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:58 pm
Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:08 pm
Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:38 pm
sledge39 wrote:.
... apparently there are no known actual color photos of that airplane before Mantz...if there was one, it might look something like this... (photoshop experiment)
Sat Sep 16, 2017 4:47 pm
sledge39 wrote:.
... apparently there are no known actual color photos of that airplane before Mantz.
Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:50 pm
airnutz wrote:<>
Sorry Lon, I contacted one of the Chance Vought historians, he's in his 90's and I check on him now and then. I asked him about the color pics and he didn't even have one in his collection! Tho he says,"somebody certainly has to!" No Joy! (He is currently looking for a P-51 cockpit mock-up for a Pathfinder display at a museum in Georgia...IIRC)