Robert Forbes qualified a F7F Tigercat at Reno in 1976. Does anyone know which N number or BuNo it was please.
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Originally posted by shuck View PostRobert Forbes qualified a F7F Tigercat at Reno in 1976. Does anyone know which N number or BuNo it was please.The warbird registry is source of information documenting all aircraft used by the worlds military that managed to survive that service.
That should have all the information you need. Forbes flew for TBM Inc. and in 1976 they took all the firebombing equipment off and 'shopped it around' at various airshows with the intent of selling it to someone who would restore it as a warbird.
He took it to Reno and qualified it, and he also took it to Airsho 76 at Harlingen for the CAF. Bubba Beal purchased it as a result. Ultimately ended up at the Air Zoo in Michigan.
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Originally posted by Big_Jim View Posthttp://www.warbirdregistry.org/f7fre...f7f-80390.html
That should have all the information you need. Forbes flew for TBM Inc. and in 1976 they took all the firebombing equipment off and 'shopped it around' at various airshows with the intent of selling it to someone who would restore it as a warbird.
He took it to Reno and qualified it, and he also took it to Airsho 76 at Harlingen for the CAF. Bubba Beal purchased it as a result. Ultimately ended up at the Air Zoo in Michigan.
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Originally posted by shuck View PostWas this BuNo 80404/N7626C
The warbird registry is source of information documenting all aircraft used by the worlds military that managed to survive that service.
Ed Real N7626C "Tanker 42/Race 42", Mojave '71
Last edited by sledge39; 11-25-2010, 04:52 PM.
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Originally posted by Big_Jim View Posthttp://www.warbirdregistry.org/f7fre...f7f-80390.html
He took it to Reno and qualified it, and he also took it to Airsho 76 at Harlingen for the CAF. Bubba Beal purchased it as a result. Ultimately ended up at the Air Zoo in Michigan.
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Originally posted by sledge39 View Post
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