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Jack Cook
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Forget everything else! It don't get any better that this!
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F3F-3s of VF-5 in formation 1939
5-F-1 is B/N 1445, 5-F-2 is B/N 1446, 5-F-3 is B/N 1447

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They are cool biplanes. This example of an F3-F2 is at Planes of Fame in Valle, AZ.
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Is that one of the three that were built in Fort Worth back in the Eightys ? got to see them being test flown next door to Chuckie Hanger . I understand that they were built from a model of one that had crashed in the late 30' s

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Jack, I'm with you but think the Boeing F4B-4 would give the F3F a run for its money in the looks department.

The two place looks like Leroy Grumman's personal aircraft.

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Jack Cook wrote:
Forget everything else! It don't get any better that this!
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F3F-3s of VF-5 in formation 1939
5-F-1 is B/N 1445, 5-F-2 is B/N 1446, 5-F-3 is B/N 1447


Are they having s*x? :shock:

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The Blues and T-birds could take note of that formation--they definitely nailed it for the photographer! 8)

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BTW that was .50 off of ebay :shock: 8)

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OMG....If you look closely at Cadet77's first picture, you'll see the results of leaving a Spitfire in the dryer too long.

Mudge the horrified :shock:

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Isn't the 2 place the G-32A that was with Bill Ross in the late 1960's ?? I thought it crashed with a fuel or oil cap problem. I rode in it when Bill owned it. It was the Hanger Queen.

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Yep, it crashed but I thought that the remains were used in a rebuild as part of the Texas Airplane Factory recreations. There was only one two place as part of that series of aircraft if I remember correctly.

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It's okay Mudge, really. Calm down old boy!
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Lone Star has a Dash-2 model. I think the reg.# is N20RW

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ArmyJunk's pictures are of F3F-2 the earlier low powered 2 bladed prop version.

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Do you have any battle history on the F3F

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