The aircraft's paint scheme is a combination of the Desert Pink colour and yellow rim around the national insignia applied to 9th A.F. P-40s in North Africa, and the "Flying Tiger," shark's teeth, and evil eye painted on AVG P-40s in China. The cartoon forward of the cockpit is the Disney designed "Fifinella" mascot of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). The aircraft was flown for many years by Mrs. Suzanne Parish president and co-founder of the Kalamazoo Museum who was a WASP during WW II, and the mannequin in the cockpit is a likeness of that lady.

Built as a HUP-3 but reclassified as a UH-25C in 1962.

On temporary display with the Air Zoo Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this former US Army UH-1H has been painted in rather interesting fashion. Its tailboom nicely done, the cabin full of graffiti -like autographs...

18 Apr 44: TOS USAAF. Wartime records missing. 22 Aug 46: To RFC. Ca.1946: Registered NC41398. Ca.1948: Automotriz Ofarill SA, Brazil, with c/r XB-JIN. June/54: Pemex with c/r XC-BIN. April/73: Westernair, Albuquerque, NM with c/r N90830. March/75: Landmark Bank, Tampa, FL. June/77: Hank Maierhoffer, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. November/80: A.M. Meinerz, Brookfield, WI. April/84: AMF Enterprises, Ft. Lauderdale. October/85: E.R. Bozarth, Orlando, FL. March/86: Cypress Technical Training Center, Lakeland, FL. March/94: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Portage, MI.

1965: TOS USAF and assigned to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, CA. Ca.1990: TOS NASA with s/n 83. 1991: Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA, where it remained in operation until making its last flight in October 1997; it was used for training and not research. 1999: Placed in flyable storage. 28 Mar 2003: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI.

Built as 53-5696 for the US Air Force, this T-Bird was transferred to the Navy as bu 138090 in 1955. Stored in 1974, the aircraft was at the Houston Community College in Houston, TX by 1975. Acquired by the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, MI in 1993, it has been displayed in these US Air Force markings since 1995.

18 May '44: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4899. 7/44: 42nd BG in the Philippines; assigned to replacement pool; never saw combat. 11/44: Returned to USA. Ca.12/44: Converted to TB-25H. 2/46: SOC. 1946 to 1953: 6 different owners as N37L. 1953: Modified as an executive aircraft and fitted with wingtip tanks. 1/56: Added air stair door and equipped with JATO. 5 more owners until 1970. 4 Dec '70: Inflight fire during a drug run, damaged in forced landing at Simons Island. Glynn County, GA, Sheriff seized the plane; kept it for over six years until it was sold. 2/80: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. Restored for static display '88-'90.

18 May '44: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4899. 7/44: 42nd BG in the Philippines; assigned to replacement pool; never saw combat. 11/44: Returned to USA. Ca.12/44: Converted to TB-25H. 2/46: SOC. 1946 to 1953: 6 different owners as N37L. 1953: Modified as an executive aircraft and fitted with wingtip tanks. 1/56: Added air stair door and equipped with JATO. 5 more owners until 1970. 4 Dec '70: Inflight fire during a drug run, damaged in forced landing at Simons Island. Glynn County, GA, Sheriff seized the plane; kept it for over six years until it was sold. 2/80: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. Restored for static display '88-'90.

1959: TOS USN as A4D-2 145011 and assigned to VA-106, NAS Cecil Field, FL. 7/62: Redesignated A-4B. 2/63: NAS Quonset Point, RI. 4/63: NARTU, NAS South Weymouth, MA. 10/66: VA-210 at South Weymouth. 8/68: Converted to TA-4B. 11/70: VA-210 moved to NAF Detroit, MI. 18 Jan 1971: SOC. By 1/89: Isaac N. Burchinal Jr; registered N21NB. 2/98: Ran off the runway at Ft. Worth Meacham Airport and was badly damaged, so it was donated to the "Air Zoo," where it was restored marked as an A-4 with the Australian Navy.

1959: TOS USN as A4D-2 145011 and assigned to VA-106, NAS Cecil Field, FL. 7/62: Redesignated A-4B. 2/63: NAS Quonset Point, RI. 4/63: NARTU, NAS South Weymouth, MA. 10/66: VA-210 at South Weymouth. 8/68: Converted to TA-4B. 11/70: VA-210 moved to NAF Detroit, MI. 18 Jan 1971: SOC. By 1/89: Isaac N. Burchinal Jr; registered N21NB. 2/98: Ran off the runway at Ft. Worth Meacham Airport and was badly damaged, so it was donated to the "Air Zoo," where it was restored marked as an A-4 with the Australian Navy.

This Fagot was taken on charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polish AF) in 1956. In March 1987 it was sold privately in the USA and registered N621BM and arrived at Air Zoo for display in July 1996.

I saw a super You Tube video about this plane last night and remembered that I had seen one at Air Zoo, the only survivor of the three prototypes produced. The plane flew well at high-speed but poorly at low speed, resulting in crashes of the other two prototypes. Development took too long so that fighters in service towards the end of WWII were already better and it was completely killed off by the jet engine.