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#94 was used for fire practice by the local airport fire department in
Willoughby, Ohio. They saved the engine and prop, which went to the
Crawford Museum.
#74 was sold to Walter Soplata, of Newberry, Ohio. This F2G was acquired
by the Crawford Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Bob
Odergaard of Kindred, N.D. is restoring the a./c. to static condition.
#18 was sold by Ron Puckett to Sam Goldman, owner of Chesapeake Airways.
Sam sold the engine to Pratt & Whitney, and scrapped the rest of the F2G.
#57 was sent to the Martin-Decker Co, in Coatsville, PA. From there it
went
to John Trainer. John got killed in his P-51. His wife Libby sold
the
plane to Harry Doan, and Harry bought the title from Cook. After Harry's
death, #57 went somewhere,(????). It was going to be scrapped-out.
Luck
played out, as it was sold to Don Knapp. Don was going to restore it, but
killed himself in his P-51.
Later it went to the Loan Star Museum in
Galveston, TX. Some how Bob Odergaard of Kindred, N.D. bought it.
Bob
restored it to flying condition.
Fifty (50) years later, (1949 to 1999) #57 flew again, and came to the
National Air Show in Reno, Nevada.
My 30-pages of documented information lists 28-aircraft, which was part of
the F2G program. There were 10-F2G's made, so they say!!!!!! We have
number 57, & 74 left from the 5-racers. Doug Champlin, d.b.a.
"Fighter Aces
Museum, Mesa, AZ; owns #88454,a F2G-1D. I heard that Doug sold his
collection, and that #454 will go to Seattle, WA???
P.S. Check out some of my other models on www.skywriters.net
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