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    Airframe Family: Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat
    Latest Model:FM-2 Wildcat
    Last Military Serial:86754 USN
    Construction Number:5812
    Last Civil Registration:N58918
    Compressed ID:General Motors Eastern Aircraft Div...
    Latest Owner or Location:P51 Mustang Llc, Beaverton, OR

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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 86754.

    From 1955 to 1958

    To Medford Air Service, Medford, OR with new c/r N58918.

    June 1962


    Photographer: Peter W. Orr
    Notes: F4F spray plane (N58918) used on 1962 spruce budworm control project in Washington. John F. Wear (left).

    July 1962


    Photographer: Peter W. Orr
    Notes: Grumman F4F Wildcat spray plane. Western spruce budworm control. Yakima, Washington.

    1963

    To Ron Zerbel, Nyssa, OR keeping c/r N58918.

    From 1966 to 1970

    To Spray Rite Inc, Oakley, ID keeping c/r N58918.

    From 1977 to 1987

    To Don H. Novas, Blackfoot, ID keeping c/r N58918.

    1987

    To Erickson Air Crane Co, Central Point, OR keeping c/r N58918.

    1989


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Pocatello airport, Idaho.

    1989


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Pocatello airport, Idaho.

    1989


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Pocatello airport, Idaho.

    6 June 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX58918 (FM-2, 86754) issued.

    11 December 1992

    To Erickson Group Ltd, Beaverton, OR keeping c/r N58918.

    Based at Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook Airport (OTK), Tillamook, OR.
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    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX58918 (FM-2, 86754) issued.

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    To Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras City-County Airport, Madras, OR.
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    21 April 2016

    To P51 Mustang Llc, Beaverton, OR keeping c/r N58918.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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