Warbird Information Exchange

Col. Rohr,

The N3N is a neat subject, and there is a lot of cool parts to it. Most notably to me the USN buying the rights to the R-760 and making USN engines themselves...

Small request...(not really)

IF you do a book on the N3N, why not a cradle to grave book of EVERY N3N, (only 997!) not just civilian registered aircraft? The attrition rate of military N3Ns is an important part, as would the small service history of each. See the P-61 Book by Kolln for a neat "template" of the P-61 Black Widow service histories for each aircraft.

The N3N survives in good numbers and many projects do have remnants of civilian numbers. However there may be many "spare" parts and fuselages that could be traced by build number in your research to other airframes and a book that is THE LAST WORD would be welcome.

Good Luck!

Photos of the Yanks stash at Chino from 2006; not great but you're welcome to use them:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, B-17G 42-102875

If anyone does a book, don't forget the (still surviving) " North by Northwest" N3N! The most famous N3N, and one of the most famous airplane scenes in cinema.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

there are a dozen or more airframes with stacks of wings nearby at AckChin regional airport, A39, Maricopa AZ

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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Can I assume that's them behind the 17 UH-60's?

C2j

Along with the initial registry for the N3N I will put together a Forgotten Props section for the N3N.

So any service histories of these aircraft would be welcome.

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Not UH-60, UH-1 Hueys, and yes

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
Jack, You have Debauched my sloth !!!!!!
We tried voting with the Ballot box, When do we start voting from the Ammo box, and am I allowed only one vote ?
https://www.facebook.com/shoot.the.guns.of.history

Weeeeellllllll, howdy! I guess they are UH-1's. Couldn't figure out who had corralled that many UH-60's.

C2j

That paint scheme looks really great on that 1940 N-3N. Just curious, did the N3N ever have a tail hook installed for carrier training? I know they left the factory with float fittings.

That sure is a nice-looking machine. Judging by the Carvair in the background, it's at Gainesville TX?
One interesting thing, when I did a search on the FAA register, it doesn't show any details for this aircraft?!:
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquir ... rtxt=1940N

The webpage you want is "Fleet" from the N3N Blog.

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Tri-State Warbird Museum Collections Manager & Museum Attendant

In a perfect world we would be flying only replicas. (Or at least only non-combat veterans.)

Means of Imperialistic Air Attacks

AFAIK, only three have ever been identified:

(2576) NAF N3N red/white c/s N44831 Jun09 Feb19
(2785) NAF N3N-3 N44744 fuselage Nov10 Feb19
(4455) NAF N3N N44964 Jul10 Feb19

Other N3Ns owned by the same owner include 1932/N45268, 2652/N44801, 2748/N90128, 2793/N45273, 3068/N44935.

Rob,
Andy at Desert Rat Aviation would be the contact point. I have talked to him in the past, but that is the extent of it.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
Jack, You have Debauched my sloth !!!!!!
We tried voting with the Ballot box, When do we start voting from the Ammo box, and am I allowed only one vote ?
https://www.facebook.com/shoot.the.guns.of.history

Hey Rob, this one passed thru the other day on its way to a new owner. Ferry pilot said it was going to a private strip west of Buckeye airport.
Its this one:
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2860