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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Grumman F8F Bearcat
    Latest Model:G-58A
    Construction Number:______________________________
    Last Civil Registration:NL3025 {1}
    Compressed ID:Grumman G-58A cn __________________...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pioneer Aero, Chino, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a G-58A.

    To Gulf Oil Co with new c/r NX1201V.

    23 July 1947

    First flight.

    From 1948 to 1949

    To Gulf Oil Co/Al Williams with new c/r NL3025 {1}.
    Operated with markings: Gulfhawk IV
    The deilvery data is provided.

    18 January 1949

    Crashed.
    Destroyed in a fire after crash landing at New Bern, NC.

    To Pioneer Aero, Chino, CA.
    Pioneer acquired the paperwork.

    1992

    The airframe ID was used in the restoration of c/n D.1081.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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