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Mystery Illionois F9F

Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:53 pm

I am looking for the identifcation of this F9F...
ImageAerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - F-9 Unknown
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If any is curious regarding the location, it is nearby the B-17 Desert Rat restoration location...
ImageAerial Visuals - Location Dossier - Marengo Metal Works

Is this the F9F that was once stored outside at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoraiton Museum in Kissimmee, FL?

Mike

Yes

Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:40 pm

Yes, it is.
It's an F9F-8P, looking for a home,
or someone to donate $$$ to get it
to static condition.

Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:47 pm

DryMartini.......PM sent.

Gary

Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:50 pm

It reminds me of one that used to sit next to a hangar at Breckenridge, TX back around 1982-1983.

Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:21 pm

how long has that been sitting out there? I drive by there once in a while and don't recall ever seeing it :shock:

Re: Yes

Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:06 am

DryMartini wrote:Yes, it is.
It's an F9F-8P, looking for a home,
or someone to donate $$$ to get it
to static condition.


Thanks for the confirmation. I have added a picture of it at Kissimmee to the airframe dossier...
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Mike

Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:02 am

Didn't the one at Breckenridge have a lot of holes in it though? I seem to recall it came off a firing range.

Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:16 am

davidbray wrote:how long has that been sitting out there? I drive by there once in a while and don't recall ever seeing it :shock:


You can't see it from the road, unless you're coming from town.

Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:50 pm

Django wrote:
davidbray wrote:how long has that been sitting out there? I drive by there once in a while and don't recall ever seeing it :shock:


You can't see it from the road, unless you're coming from town.


I'm going to blame corn fields really (that or my memory.) I usually try to come the "back" way home just to drive by there once in a while from my sisters house to see if anyone is out there, and of course I've never timed it right yet.
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