N3N Registry and New Book(s)

[Matt Gunsch]

there are a dozen or more airframes with stacks of wings nearby at AckChin regional airport, A39, Maricopa AZ

[Cubs2jets]

there are a dozen or more airframes with stacks of wings nearby at AckChin regional airport, A39, Maricopa AZ

Can I assume that's them behind the 17 UH-60's?

C2j

[Scott Rose]

Along with the initial registry for the N3N I will put together a Forgotten Props section for the N3N.

So any service histories of these aircraft would be welcome.

[Matt Gunsch]

there are a dozen or more airframes with stacks of wings nearby at AckChin regional airport, A39, Maricopa AZ

Can I assume that's them behind the 17 UH-60's?

C2j

Not UH-60, UH-1 Hueys, and yes

[Cubs2jets]

Not UH-60, UH-1 Hueys, and yes

Weeeeellllllll, howdy! I guess they are UH-1's. Couldn't figure out who had corralled that many UH-60's.

C2j

[marine air]

That paint scheme looks really great on that 1940 N-3N. Just curious, did the N3N ever have a tail hook installed for carrier training? I know they left the factory with float fittings.

[Andy Marden]

Mike Cavanagh aircraft, this is what Mike emailed me about his aircraft.

My N3N-3 is BU# is 1911.

That sure is a nice-looking machine. Judging by the Carvair in the background, it's at Gainesville TX?
One interesting thing, when I did a search on the FAA register, it doesn't show any details for this aircraft?!:
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquir ... rtxt=1940N

[Noha307]

The webpage you want is "Fleet" from the N3N Blog.

[Andy Marden]

AFAIK, only three have ever been identified:

(2576) NAF N3N red/white c/s N44831 Jun09 Feb19
(2785) NAF N3N-3 N44744 fuselage Nov10 Feb19
(4455) NAF N3N N44964 Jul10 Feb19

Other N3Ns owned by the same owner include 1932/N45268, 2652/N44801, 2748/N90128, 2793/N45273, 3068/N44935.

[Matt Gunsch]

there are a dozen or more airframes with stacks of wings nearby at AckChin regional airport, A39, Maricopa AZ

Hi Matt,

Do you have contact info so I could reach out to them and try to get photos and Bu#

Thanks
Rob

Rob,
Andy at Desert Rat Aviation would be the contact point. I have talked to him in the past, but that is the extent of it.

[Thomas_Mac]

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-other/osha ... pp_android

[steve dickey]

Hey Rob, this one passed thru the other day on its way to a new owner. Ferry pilot said it was going to a private strip west of Buckeye airport.
Its this one:
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2860

[steve dickey]

Absolutely Rob!! If you like crappy cell phone pics taken after sundown! He came in right after the sun went down.
I meant to post this one and not another rear cockpit one. Do you have any wartime pics of this serial no.

[N3Njeff]

Col. Rohr,

The N3N is a neat subject, and there is a lot of cool parts to it. Most notably to me the USN buying the rights to the R-760 and making USN engines themselves...

Small request...(not really)

IF you do a book on the N3N, why not a cradle to grave book of EVERY N3N, (only 997!) not just civilian registered aircraft? The attrition rate of military N3Ns is an important part, as would the small service history of each. See the P-61 Book by Kolln for a neat "template" of the P-61 Black Widow service histories for each aircraft.

The N3N survives in good numbers and many projects do have remnants of civilian numbers. However there may be many "spare" parts and fuselages that could be traced by build number in your research to other airframes and a book that is THE LAST WORD would be welcome.

Good Luck!

Rob contacted me a while back on this wanting help. Not about to hand over 30 years of work. Been researching the N3N all my life as we have one going on 53 years now. Eventually it WILL be some sort of book on the development, life in both military service and civilian and will be a registry as I still am trying to, yes account for all of them.

[Chris Brame]

If it gets daunting, Jeff, just think of Geoff Goodall (thousands of civilian and Warbird histories) or Dave Osborne (12,000-some B-17s)... 997 won't seem so bad, right?