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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_V ... te_note-21

https://web.archive.org/web/20100324094 ... 20CVCA.htm



Sure would be nice to see pictures or determine if any survived.

Anyone know if the Chicago school received airframes from the wartime NTTC Chicago?
Several F3Fs ended up there...(and Norman,OK, Jacksonville, Memphis...).

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You got it. I found a bunch of photos in old CVS yearbooks - FM-2 46867, 1951:


Same year. Some Navy leftovers, one of which is probably F6F-3 08831, the Hellcat Earl Reinert had:


1957; note the Hellcat and Wildcat again, plus Bamboo Bomber 43-7555/N50137:


More goodies from various yearbooks. In 1964 they got a pair of T-33s, 51-4271 and 51-4309 (the latter was dismantled in 1989 to make an electrical and hydraulic systems trainer, according to their '89 yearbook):




1969:




1981:


1987:


1989:


More about the UC-78 in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48828&p=552565&hilit=vocational#p552565

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Wow! Great find Chris!!!!!

Looks like the Wildcat you mentioned survived as well:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f4fregis ... 46867.html

Passed through Chino while I was there and is back in Illinois.

The Wildcat is lovely, I did some work on it in the late 90s. I believe it's back in Europe now with an owner in Germany.