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Pat Carry
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I have lost track or perhaps its just a senoir moment, where are all the airworthy/flying Wildcats these days? I know a few have changed hands in the last year or two. Can someone bring me uptodate?

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There's one in the Personal Courage Wing at the Museum Of Flight that is still for sale at Courtesy. The museum is still working on it's static replacement in Everett.

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howard pardue, tom camp, cavanaugh flight museum and rod lewis each have one.
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The Fighter Collection have one here in the UK

http://fighter-collection.com/pages/aircraft/wildcat/index.php

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Greg Shelton & PoF

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There is a flying one at Fantasy of Flight

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12260 Rod Lewis
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Grumman- ... 1071883/M/
Mike Gillian
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1556771/M/
47030 Jerry Yeagan
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 0964761/M/
47160 Greg Shelton
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N551TC.html
74560 Tom Friedkin
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1061353/M/
86572 Tom Camp
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1536111/M/
86680 William Busch
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 0937207/M/
86711 The Fighter Collection
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1513451/M/
86741 Kermit Weeks
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1177822/M/
86746 Rudy Frasca
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/209497L.html
86777 Howard Pardue
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1205992/M/
86819 CAF
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Commemor ... 1492251/M/
86956 Cavanaugh
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 1285825/M/

55627 Bob Pond (don't know if it's flown lately)
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/072652L.html
86690 John Dimmer (On loan to MOF, just needs an annual)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/General- ... 0902375/M/

I'm thinking that there is two or three under restoration right now. There could be about 25 more if the Navy would let them go!

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there is one at Stallion 51 that flies as well.

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Brad,

Your link to the picture of Mike Gillian's Wildcat is actually the one owned by Greg Shelton. Here's a picture of Gillian's at the Mt. Comfort show this year:

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12260 N12260 F4F-3 Flying LEWIS AERONAUTICAL LLC
47030 N315E FM-2 Flying TRAINING SERVICES INC
47160 N551TC FM-2 Airworthy FM-2 LLC/Greg Shelton
55627 N47201 FM-2 Airworthy-Displayed POND WARBIRDS LLC
74560 N29FG FM-2 Flying CHINO WARBIRDS INC
86564 N4629V FM-2 Airworthy-Displayed NICHOLS CHARLES F TRUSTEE/Yanks Air Museum
86572 N86572 FM-2 Flying CAMP THOMAS L
86581 N1PP FM-2 Airworthy KALAMAZOO AVIATION HISTORY MUSEUM
86680 N11FE FM-2 Flying CARRIER DECK AVIATION INC
86690 N49JC FM-2 Airworthy-Displayed DIMMER JOHN C/Museum of Flight
86711 G-RUMW FM-2 Flying The Fighter Collection
86741 N222FM FM-2 Airworthy-Displayed WEEKS KERMIT A
86746 N6290C FM-2 Flying ANTIQUES AND CLASSICS
86777 N5HP FM-2 Flying PARDUE HOWARD E
86819 N5833 FM-2 Flying Commemorative Air Force
86956 N18P FM-2 Flying CAVANAUGH COLLECTION INC


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55585 N585FM FM2 Restoration HUFF AIR LLC
74512 None FM-2 Restoration Museum of Flight
86754 N750FM Restoration HUFF AIR LLC
86774 N774FM FM-2 Restoration HUFF AIR LLC
JV482 None FM-1 Restoration Ulster Aviation Society
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Static -

3872 None F4F-3 Restored-Static National Naval Aviation Museum
3956 None F4F-3A Restored-Static USS Yorktown
3969 None F4F-3A Restored-Static Patriotts Point Naval & Maritime Museum
4039 None F4F-3 Displayed as Recovered National Naval Aviation Museum
11828 None F4F-3 Restored-Static San Diego Aerospace Museum
12068 None F4F-4 Displayed as Recovered War Museum, Honiara
12114 None F4F-4 Restored-Static USMC Museum
12296 N3210D F4F-3 Previous Flyer-Static Display PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM PEARL HARBOR
12297 None F4F-3 Restored-Static Cradle of Aviation Museum
12320 N5254A F4F-3 Restored-Static Terminal Two, O'hare International Airport
14994 None FM-1 Restored-Static Valiant Air Command
15392 None FM-1 Restored-Static NASM
16089 None FM-2 Restored-Static? National Naval Aviation Museum
16161 None FM-2 Displayed as Recovered Pima Air and Space Museum
16278 None FM-2 Restored-Static Flying Leathernecks Museum
74161 None FM-2 Restored-Static Admiral Nimitz Museum
74763 None FM-2 Display? Sonora Air Service?
86747 None FM-2 Restored-Static National Naval Aviation Museum
86754 N58918 FM-2 Restored-Static Tillamook Air Museum/ERICKSON GROUP LTD
AL246 None F4F-3 Restored-Static Fleet Air Arm Museum
JV482 None FM-1 Restoration Ulster Aviation Society
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11824 None F4F-3 Stored-Unrestored National Naval Aviation Museum
12290 None F4F-3 Stored-Unrestored National Naval Aviation Museum
46867 N909WJ FM-2 Stored? GILLIAN MICHAEL J
55052 None FM-2 Stored-Unrestored National Naval Aviation Museum
55404 None FM-2 Stored-Unrestored National Naval Aviation Museum
74120 None FM-2 Stored New England Air Museum
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