Cactus Fly-in
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The Cactus Fly-In kicks off the airshow season with a large collection of Antiques, Classics, Warbirds, Replicas, and Homebuilt aircraft
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American Champion 7EC N7452B was built in 1956. Its construction number is 7EC-501. It is powered by a Continental C90 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Piper PA-11 Cub Special N78802 was built in 1947. Its construction number is 11-1577. It is powered by a Continental C90 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Fairchild 24W-40 N28648 was built in 1940. Its construction number is W40-148. It is powered by a Warner Scarab 50 7-cylinder radial engine
Cessna 120 NC89643 carries construction number is 8690. It is powered by a Continental C85 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Urban Air UFM-13 Lambada N108UA was built in 2007. Its construction number is 100/13. It is powered by a Rotax 912UL2 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Stearman A75N1 N2S-3 N9923H was built in 1943. Its construction number is 75-7477. It is powered by a Continental W670 seven-cylinder radial engine. It is restored as a US Navy N2S-3.
Mooney M20C N6997U was built in 1964. Its construction number is 2718. It is powered by a Lycoming O&VO-360 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Waco QCF NC17445 was built in 1931. Its construction number is 3496. It is powered by a Continental W670 seven-cylinder radial engine.
Consolidated P4Y-2 N2871G Tanker 121 was delivered to the US Navy as PB4Y-2 BuNo 66302 in 1945 and was subsequently transferred to the US Coast Guard and redesignated P4Y-2G. It was put up for dispossal at Naval Air Station at Elizabeth City, North Carolina in August 1958. Ace Smelting Incorporated of Phoenix, Aarizona acquired it in 1959. Avery Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming registered it as N2871G later that year. It flew as tanker #A20, #B21, and #A23. Hawkins and Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming bought it in July 1969 and flew it as tanker 121 until all Privateer tankers were removed from service in 2003. It has been registered to 4Y-2 LLC of Phoenix, Arizona since January 10, 2008. It is powered by four Wright R-2600-35 14-cylinder radial engines.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair BuNo 88458 was the fifth F2G-1. It carries Goodyear construction number 6167. It was tested at Port Columbus, Ohio and Naval Air Station Patuxent River from October 1945 to July 1946. The Navy retired it in January 1948. Cook Cleland bought it for spare parts, but then registered it as NX5588N. That was the same registration worn by Cleland's F2G-1 BuNo 88457, which crashed at the 1947 Thompson Trophy Race. NX5588N raced as Race #57 in the 1949 Thompson and Tinnerman Trophy Races at Cleveland, Ohio.
Ben McKillen Jr. piloted Race #57 to third place in the 1949 Thompson Trophy Race at a speed of 387.589 miles per hour, behind Cook Cleland in F2G-1 N5590N Race #94 (397.071 miles per hour) and Ron Puckett in F2G-1 N91092 Race #18 (393.527 miles per hour). McKillen won the 1949 Tinnerman Trophy Race in Race #57 at a speed of 386.069 miles per hour.
From 1950 to 1996, NX5588N passed through the hands of several owners, deteriorating progressively over years of outdoor storage. Robert J. Odegaard of Kindred, North Dakota acquired it on March 2, 1996. He performed a meticulous restoration of its appearance at the 1949 air races and returned it to airworthy condition in 1999.
Ron Pratte purchased Race 57 from the Odegaard Family in December, 2008, and has it based at Stellar Airpark in Chandler, Arizona. Larry Perkins is the chief pilot of Race 57 and the other aircraft in the Collectible Aircraft LLC collection.
Race 57 has undergone extensive restoration over a period of ten and a helf months. Bob Odegaard disassembled the airplane and removed the carburetor. Martin King overhauled the carburetor. Mechanic Julie White applied new fabric to the control surfaces. Don and Chris Copeland stripped and painted the components of the racer. Bob Odegaard rebuilt the landing gear, rebuilt the airframe, installed new hoses and reinstalled the carburetor.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Larry Perkins taxiing Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57 at the Cactus Fly-in: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 16" x 24".
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Beech model D18S N5804C was built in 1951. Its construction number is A579. It is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder radial engines.
Larry Perkins pilots Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ flew for the Army Air Corps as 43-35972. It was stored at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona in 1959. National Metals Company of Phoenix, Arizona registered it as N9552Z in January 1960 and sold it to Dothan Aviation of Dothan, Alabama in September 1960. It was fitted with an agricultural tank and spray bars in December 1960. John L. Stokes and Cen-Tex Aviation of San Marcos, Texas acquired it in August 1975 and sold it to Henry W. Fisher, Donald W. Ericson. and Robert E. Thompson of Bloomington, Mississippi in August 1979. It was bought by the Confederate Air Force of Harlingen, Texas in October 1981 and registered as N125AZ on September 6, 1991. It has been assigned to the Arizona Wing of the CAF at Mesa, Arizona since December 1999. It flies as 43-35972 Maid in the Shade. It is powered by two Wright R-2600-35 Twin Cyclone radial engines.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Beech model D18S N5804C
North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57, North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ, and Beech model D18S N5804C.
Cessna 140 NC2574N was built in 1947. Its construction number is 12833. It is powered by a Continental C85 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Cessna 140 NC2574N at the Cactus Fly-in: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 16" x 24".
Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II N9126M was built in 1993. Its construction number is 2816104. It is powered by a Lycoming O-320 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Fairchild 24W-40 N28648 was built in 1940. Its construction number is W40-148. It is powered by a Warner Scarab 50 7-cylinder radial engine.
Bellanca 14-13-3 N6504N was built in 1993. Its construction number is 2816104. It is powered by a Lycoming O-320 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Mooney M20F N2914L was built in 1967. Its construction number is 670486. It is powered by a Lycoming IO-360 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Thorp T-18 N2056.
Cessna 140 N2585N was built in 1947. Its construction number is 12845. It is powered by a Continental C85 horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine.
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee N131AB was built in 1965. Its construction number is 25-3693. It is powered by a Lycoming O-540 horizontally opposed, six-cylinder engine.
Beech model D18S N5804C.
Beech model D18S N5804C.
Beech model D18S N5804C at the Cactus Fly-in: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 16" x 24".
North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair NX5588N Race 57.
Commemorative Air Force North American P-51D Mustang NL151RJ Stang carries construction number is 122-40944. It was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as 9276 on January 11, 1951. It was struck off charge on December 27, 1957. James H. Defuria and Fred J. Ritts of Intercontinental Airways of Canastota, New York registered it as N4132A. M.L. Alson and Aero Enterprises of Elkhart, Indiana acquired it in 1960. It was damaged in a crash landing at Elkhart. Gary Harris of Half Moon Bay, California acquired the fuselage in 1974. William A. Spear of San Diego, California undertook its restoration. Gerald S. Beck and Tri-State Aviation of Wahpeton took on the restoration project in 1989. Robert E. Odegaard of Kindred, North Dakota acquired it in September 1990 and registered it as N4129E. It was registered as N151RJ on September 9, 1994. It was restored to airewirthy condtion using parts of 22 airframes and the dataplate of 44-74404. It made its first flight after restoration in 1995. It flew as 474404 BC-H Dazzling Donna. It has since been restored as NL151RJ Stang.
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