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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:F-8L Crusader
    Last Military Serial:145527 USN
    Construction Number:A35-30
    Last Civil Registration:N37TB
    Compressed ID:Vought F-8L sn 145527 USN cn A35-30...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vulcan Aircraft Inc, Seattle, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-8A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145527.

    Converted to a F-8L.

    From April 1987 to 1998

    To Thunderbird Aviation, Deer Valley, AZ with new c/r N37TB.

    29 November 1991


    Photographer: Bob Trennert

    From 17 January 1998 to 2001

    To Higgins Aviation, Glendale, AZ keeping c/r N37TB.

    From 1998 to 2001

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in open storage at Deer Valley, AZ.

    From 2001 to 2002

    To Air Capitol Warbirds, Wichita, KS with new c/r N37TB.

    December 2001

    Dismantled at Deer Valley for tricking to Wichita, KS.

    3 October 2002

    To Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N37TB.

    3 October 2002

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Flying Heritage Collection (Annex), Arlington Municipal Airport (West Side), Arlington, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Flying Heritage Collection/Paul Allen, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    To Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    2 February 2018

    To Vulcan Aircraft Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N37TB.

    May 2021

    Offered for sale along with other FHC restoration projects.
    Credits
     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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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