A nice warm glow on this Tracker, about half an hour before sunset.

Photo by David F. Brown

Date range is an estimate. Photographer unknown

Still carries AMARG inventory code AN4C0008 on the nose.

Brand new display item for the Pima museum. This Lodestar was acquired by them in 1972, on loan from the Smithsonian, but it remained stored in the museum's restoration yard for almost 50 years until restoration began in the second half of 2021. On 31 Jan 2024 it was finally placed on display in the bare metal US Navy markings seen here.

Delivered new to VT-25 at NAS Beeville, Texas in November 1975, later assigned to VT-7 at NAS Meridian, Mississippi. In 1998 transferred to NAS Pensacola, Florida for use as a ground trainer. Currently on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum and on display at Veteran's Memorial Park in Collegedale, Tennessee.

Museum staff prepping their newly acquired TA-4J from Roosevelt Roads for static display. Photo taken a few days after it's arrival on April 24 2003.

Delivered to the US Navy as Bu37257 on 9 Aug 1945. Stored at Litchfield Park, AZ on 30 Jan 1954, then sold as N7255C in 1957 and stored unused at Douglas-Bisbee, AZ. In 1974 its rear fuselage was exchanged with the damaged rear fuselage of N6856C c/n 15-1156. In Dec 1975 the now damaged aircraft was donated to the Pima museum, but remained stored at Douglas-Bisbee until it was trucked to the museum on 30 Mar 1982. There it was stored yet again until restoration finally began in 2003. During that process the aircraft was mistakenly painted as 32757 instead of 37257. As can be seen, the Navy blue has faded considerably over the past 20 years. A repaint would be a good opportunity to also correct the serial.