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    Airframe Family: Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat
    Latest Model:FM-2 Wildcat
    Last Military Serial:74560 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N29FG
    Compressed ID:General Motors Eastern Aircraft Div...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sea Blue Sales and Leasing Llc, Lebanon, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a FM-2 by General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division at Baltimore, MD, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 74560.

    30 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29FG (FM-2, 74560) issued.

    23 July 1990

    To Chino Warbirds Inc/Tom Friedkin, Houston, TX with new c/r N29FG.

    23 July 1990

    To Comanche Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N29FG.

    In the inventory of Comanche Fighters/Tom and Dan Friedkin, Comanche Ranch, Houston, TX.
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    20 August 1997

    To Cinema Air, Carlsbad, CA keeping c/r N29FG.

    Based at Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    19 May 2007


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Chino Planes of Fame Airshow 2007

    8 June 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL29FG (FM-2, 74560) issued.

    23 April 2012

    To Comanche Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N29FG.

    4 December 2023

    To Tina Fly Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N29FG.

    22 July 2024

    To Sea Blue Sales and Leasing Llc, Lebanon, TN keeping c/r N29FG.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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