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Eureka181
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I know that this Zero has been sort of a mystery. Not to many people know what happened to it after filming Peral Harbor in Hawaii.

I have been talking to Alan Radecki at Mojave Airport, and he gave me an update and some pictures on 3858.

After Pearl Harbor it went to Mojave Airport where it has been ever since. It was repainted in very much the same scheme as it was in Pearl Harbor. It is managed, if not owned, by Bruce Lockwood, and 3858 does fly on very rare occasions.

Here are the pictures by Alan Radecki.
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Here is a link to his website
http://www.mojaveweblog.com/index.html

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This is heavily featured in the current Warbirds Intl. I've really been enjoying that article and the air to air pics the past week and finished it yesterday. There's a great story also written by Lockwood on the flight Magic Zero projects and what it's like to fly it. So if Lockwood has this one what's become of the other two airplanes Flight Magic restored.....Ok the CAF has one where is the other?

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I have not yet recieved my Warbirds International, but I am looking forward to reading it.

The other Flight Magic Zero is C/N 3852 and is owned by Paul Allen for the FHC. It is currently in Chino at Fighter Rebuilders undergoing the two seat and various other modifications.

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While on the subject of Zero's. Can anyone conferm the ID on this one I saw being repaired at Chino in May-ish 1997. I have it as a A6M3 NX712Z. Is that correct?

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Yes you are correct. That is one of the three Flight Magic Zeros, was owned by David Price of the MOF, now owned by the CAF, C/N 3869 N712Z. 3869 made its first flight around April of 1998.

3869 is the sister of 3858 in the photos I posted.

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Here are a few photos of A6M3 c/n 3858 from August 2000 still in the
"movie paint" after the filming of Pearl Harbor .
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Here also are few photos of A6M3 c/n 3869 ex MOF Zero during the start of the restoration before the project was moved to Russia
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Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing. Do you have any of C/N 3852?

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Looks like the Yanks F-100 being disassembled behind the Zero. The F-100 is now being reassembled in Chino.


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I don't have any photos of c/n3852, I wish I did! Sorry
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