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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-1 Corsair
    Last Military Serial:17995 USN
    Construction Number:4078
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-FUI
    Compressed ID:Vought F4U-1 sn 17995 USN cn 4078 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aeronamve, Francisco Pereira Lopes Airport, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17995.

    From 1943 to 1950

    Displayed as a War Memorial in Provo, Utah.

    Circa 1965

    Derelict in a railroad yard in Provo, Utah.

    From 1965 to 1982

    Restored.
    By Harry S Doan of Daytona Beach, Florida.

    Circa 1965


    Photographer: M/Sgt Walter F. Gemeinhardt USMC (Ret.)
    Notes: Circa 1965 photo in railroad yard at Provo, Utah

    1982

    To Harry Doan/Doan Helicopters, Daytona Beach, FL with new c/r N90285.

    March 1982

    First post-restoration Flight.

    8 May 1983

    Involved in an incident.
    Forced landing in mudflats, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

    From 1984 to 1989

    Repaired.
    At New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

    11 March 1989

    First post-reassembly Flight.

    April 1989

    To Roy M. Stafford, Jacksonville, FL keeping c/r N90285.

    From July 1989 to 1990

    To Don Knapp/D. K. Precision, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N90285.

    27 August 1991

    Civil registration, N90285, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Okla City, OK.

    From October 1991 to February 2000

    To Tim Wallis/Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, with new c/r ZK-FUI.
    Operated with markings: NZ5201
    Flown in the markings of the first RNZAF Vought Corsair in 1946.

    1995


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1995 photo at Wanaka

    1999

    To Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Stratford, CT,.
    And donated to TAM/Wings of Dream Museum, Sao Carlos, Brazil.

    March 2000

    Based at Aeronamve, Francisco Pereira Lopes Airport, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo.
    Operated with markings: 17-F-13
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