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Re: Gulfhawk (II?)

Posted by steve on Thu Sep 13, 2001 11:54:35 PM

In reply top Re: Gulfhawk (II?) posted by bdk on Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:36:02 PM

: I believe this was Elmer Ward's Bearcat (from Chino) that
: crashed upon/after takeoff at Oshkosh a few years back. Fi
: ghter Rebuilders built a jig and repaired the main portion
: of the fuselage a few years back. The partially repaired
: aircraft is now in storage in Chino. The aircraft is now o
: n hold due to Elmer's health problems as I recall.

Elmer Ward's Bearcat is Bu121707 N3025 the Bearcat in question is N700A which is with Robert Pond's Planes of Fame East and was the personal plane of Grumman pres. Roger Kahn until 1959 and I believe this is the only Gulfhawk model still flyable and maybe the only still in existance
:
: : I can vaguely remember the front cover of Flypast quite
: a
: : while back having a sort of before and after set of phot
: os
: : of what I can recall what was a mainly orange and black
: c
: : oloured Bearcat (called 'Gulfhawk II'?), with an in flig
: ht
: : shot of it on the cover and just inside a smaller capti
: on
: : ed photo of it post bellying in (made quite a mess, as f
: ar
: : as I can recall, breaking her back, ouch!). I think tha
: t
: : it had an engine failure immediately after take off and
: th
: : e pilot had to put her down quick. I don't know if this
: is
: : the aircraft referred to but it has certainly got me re
: mi
: : nicing about the good old days of Flypast.

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