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44-30324 – to flightworthiness by private owner in San Martin, California. [152] 44-30627 – in storage by private owner in Borrego Springs, California. [153] 44-30733 Sandbar Mitchell – to flightworthiness by Warbirds of Glory Museum in Brighton, Michigan. [154] [155] 44-30756 – in storage by private owner in Borrego Springs, California ...
F4U-4 on display at the National World War II Museum. bureau number unknown – National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. [76] 96885 – USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. [77] [78] 97142 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. It is on loan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. [79]
The P-40N was in the limited category typical for most warbirds, but to circumvent FAA regulations many P-40Es were licensed as P-40Ns. The Korean War in 1950 delayed USAF plans to retire the P-51 Mustang , and the Canadian P-40s were the only high performance aircraft available.
44-72051 Sweet Revenge – based at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota. [116] [117] 44-72145 Petie 3rd – privately owned in Santa Barbara, California. [118] 44-72192 Straw Boss 2 – based at California Warbirds in Hollister, California. [119] [120] 44-72339 The Brat III – based at Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.
53119 - privately owned in Orange, California. [21] 53139 - based at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [22] [23] 53353 - based at the Commemorative Air Force (Missouri Wing) in Portage Des Sioux, Missouri. [24] [25] 53420 - based at the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio. [26] [27]
Highly modified and "stock" warbirds can also frequently be seen at air races, since World War II-era fighters are among the fastest propeller-driven airplanes ever built. The premier event for warbird air racing is the Reno Air Races, held each September near Reno, Nevada. There are several classes of racing that facilitate the application of ...
Jul. 15—JANESVILLE — On July 23-25, the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport will take visitors back to the 1940s and recreate some of the wartime sights and sounds during Janesville's Warbird ...
The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.