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mrhenniger
 Post subject: Mystery Illionois F9F
PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:53 pm 
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I am looking for the identifcation of this F9F...
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If any is curious regarding the location, it is nearby the B-17 Desert Rat restoration location...
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Is this the F9F that was once stored outside at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoraiton Museum in Kissimmee, FL?

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

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It reminds me of one that used to sit next to a hangar at Breckenridge, TX back around 1982-1983.
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how long has that been sitting out there? I drive by there once in a while and don't recall ever seeing it :shock:
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mrhenniger
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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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Didn't the one at Breckenridge have a lot of holes in it though? I seem to recall it came off a firing range.

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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.

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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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