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    Airframe Family: Focke Wulf Fw-190 / Ta-152
    Latest Model:Fw-190A-8
    Construction Number:173056
    Last Civil Registration:VH-WLF
    Compressed ID:Focke Wulf Fw-190A-8 cn 173056 cr V...
    Latest Owner or Location:Raptor Aviation Pty Ltd, Brighton, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    July 1944

    Constructed as a Fw-190A-8.

    Transferred to 1./JG11.
    Operated with markings: white 14

    The stripped hulk was buried under a railway yard at Reims, France.

    Circa 1989

    Recovered.
    Retrieved for a planned restoration project in France.

    From 21 February 2001 to 2002

    To Malcolm Laing, Chandler, AZ with new c/r N91169.

    Restoration started.
    The work was carried out at Lubbock, TX.

    From 26 March 2002 to 2004

    To Don Hansen, Baton Rouge, LA.

    Contracted to PAI Aero, Baton Rouge, LA for work on the airframe.

    Restoration continued.
    The work to return the project to flying condition resumed. The work was carried out at Baton Rouge using airframe components from Flug-Werk FW-190A-8N c/n 990004 along with an Ash-82T engine.

    21 May 2004

    To Piping Analysis Inc, Baton Rouge, LA with new c/r N4190.

    31 January 2007

    Assigned civil registration: N4190

    Restoration continued.

    21 October 2007

    Wing fitted and stood on undercarriage.

    From 16 June 2010 to 2015

    To N4190 Llc, Baton Rouge, LA keeping c/r N4190.

    Operated by Don Hansen, Baton Rouge, USA.

    To Metro Airport, Baton Rouge, LA.
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    4 May 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX4190 (FW 190-A8, 173056) issued.

    9 October 2011

    Markings Applied: red 1
    Finished in Luftwaffe markings.

    9 October 2011

    First flight.
    Flown at Baton Rouge.

    9 October 2011

    8 October 2014

    Damaged.
    Nosed over resulting in minor damage.

    30 March 2015

    Civil registration, N4190, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    July 2015

    Reassembled.
    The work was started on this date at Albury, NSW.

    23 July 2015

    To Raptor Aviation Pty Ltd, Brighton, VIC with new c/r VH-WLF.

    9 November 2015

    First post-reassembly Flight.

    18 August 2023


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Raptor Aviation Focke-Wulf FW 190 A-8 VH-WLF (Wk.Nr. 173056) performing its solo flying display at Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2023.Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

    19 August 2023


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Raptor Aviation Focke-Wulf FW 190 A-8 VH-WLF (Wk.Nr. 173056) performing its solo flying display at Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2023.Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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