Jim Slattery's Greatest Generation Naval Museum

[Linerman]

I read with interest about the recent arrival of PBY-5 N427CV at Gillespie Field, CA, and that this is the 46th aircraft in owner Jim Slattery's collection. This got me thinking about what the other 45 were. Surprising, there seems little information out there about either the man or his collection, which will go on display "shortly" at the Greatest Generation Naval Museum which will be at Gillespie Field. With a bit of digging I've managed to identify the 21 below as being owned by Slattery. Not all are warbirds, but I've included them in this list for the sake of completeness as it seems likely they are among the 46 in his collection. I'm hoping WIXers will be able to identify some of the missing 25.

A-1E Skyraider Bu132683 N39147
A-37A Dragonfly 67-14510 N370ML
B-23 Dragon 39-033 N747M Being restored by Sanders Aeronautics, Ione, CA
O-1A Bird Dog 51-12141 N305MV
T-6G Texan 49-3155 N16JV
T-28C Trojan Bu140058 N928C
T-34B Mentor Bu140673 N5QN
HU-16B Albatross Bu137922 N85303 Marks N50ML reserved
F3A-1 Corsair (Brewster-built) Bu04634 N4634 Being restored by Ezell Aviation, Breckenridge, TX
F3F-2 Bu1033 N20FG Acquired May 2011 from the Friedkin Brothers
F7F-3 Tigercat Bu80374 N7629C Being restored by Fighter Rebuilders, Chino, CA
SBD-4 Dauntless Bu10694 N34N
Avenger AS.3 Bu53139 N6VC Acquired October 2010 from William Stricker
Beech E18S-9700 - N404T c/n BA-432
Falcon 900EX - N40ML c/n 46
G44A Widgeon - N663G c/n 1429; recently restored by Kal Air, Reno, NV
G1159C Gulfstream IV - N619ML c/n 1062
Howard DGA-15P - N663H c/n 1766
L39C Albatros - N4351J c/n 332501
L39ZO Albatros - N439ML c/n 731020
PC-12/47E - N357NG c/n 1357; marks N30ML reserved
Waco JYM - N991H c/n D-3

Roy Blewett

[N3Njeff]

I dont think its so great without a N3N

I wonder if there are some behind the scene projects going on that will be headed to this collection???

[JohnB]

A GIV?....I wonder if someone told him it was a an offshoot of a Grumman design and that's why it's included?

[Ken]

I was very interested to see what became of Danny Summers' A-1 after his passing. I agree, a little bit of internet searching hasn't turned up much on Mr Slattery and WIXers were generally silent back when I asked the same question. I figured there'd be more details available ...

[Robbie Stuart]

Welcome to WIX Roy.

[ZRX61]

He has 2 Tigercats, the other one is in Colorado with WestPac.

[Mike]

....and an SB2C

[Rajay]

I don't think its so great without a N3N

Or a Grumman G-21A (JRF) Goose!

[N3Njeff]

....and an SB2C

interesting.

[Scott Rose]

I have removed the nastiness and will return this post to the main hanger. Lets try to act like adults.

[David Jay]

Jeff:

I ended up on this topic as a result of Google-ing "Greatest Generation Naval Museum" because the December issue of Sport Aviation had an article on the F7F and there was a sidebar on Jim Slattery (pp.68-69). In the sidebar it talks about the museum and says Jim's collection includes an N3N

I was looking for info on that aircraft - I want to add it to my Museum Page. But I can't find any contact info on the museum.

David Jay
The N3N Blog

[David Jay]

I've been waiting for the beautiful Fighter Factory N (N120BH) to show up someplace.

[Dan Jones]

Where's the Stearman?

[Jerry O'Neill]

Two of those birds are undergoing restoration at Vulture's Row.
WIX'er Chuck Wahl and his crew are doing amazing work on the Dauntless and the Helldiver.
Check out their progress here! http://vulturesrowaviation.com/
Jerry