44-35898

A-26C-50 Invader
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Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company
Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built:
First Built:
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Type: Light Attack Bomber
Wet Weight: 31,000 lbs
Length: 51' 3" (15.24 m)
Height: 18' 6" (5.64 m)
Wingspan: 70' (21.34 m)
Wing Area: 540 Sq. Feet (50.17 m²)
Speed: 212 mph
Max Speed: 370 mph
Ceiling: 31,300 feet
Powerplant: 2x Ford R-2800-79
Horsepower: 2,000 each
Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons
Range:
Crew: 3
Passengers: 1
ARMAMENT
Nose Guns: None
Dorsal Turret: 2x .50 Machine Guns
Ventral Turret: 2x .50 Machine Guns
Payload: 4,000 lbs internal 2,000 lbs wing points
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Operational History

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July 1971 - Registered as C-FPGP with Air Spray, Ltd.
2005 - Retired from firefighting service. Sold to Randall MacFarlane of Brisbane, Australia. ^[1]

Oct 2006 - 'Golf Papa' (as she was called from the last two letters of the registry number) has been ferried to Australia after being purchased by Randall MacFarlane^[1]. MacFarlane stated that he intended to repaint the plane in Korean War colors and fly it as 44-34364/BC-364 in the Australian airshow circuit. Golf Papa completed the 8,555 mile (13,768 km) journey successfully, even encountering an earthquake and a tropical cyclone en-route, arriving at Brisbane-Archerfield on 25 Oct 2006.

4 Jan 2008 - Some sources list this plane as being reregistered as VH-VNI for Aviation Investments Pty Ltd of Archerfield, Australia, however no record of this registration is found.

2014 - Acquired by CPK Nominees (AKA: Reevers Warbirds) of Queensland, Australia. After the initial arrival flight in 2006, the plane had not been flown since arriving in Australia and was slated to undergo repairs, tests, and evaluations before any flights were scheduled to occur.

Aug 2016 - Reevers Warbird Roundup have decided to sell their Douglas A-26C C-FPGP, which arrived in Australia in 2006 ^[1].The sale is considered necessary to free funds for the restoration of their Mitchell project."

2017 - The sale was postponed, prior to a re-assessment of the costs to bring it back to fly again.

April 2019 had Reevers publish photos of the yellow A-26 disassembled at Archerfield (Brisbane) and put on transport 'for the long haul to South Australia'... No further details on owner, except "..Once home these sections will be reunited with those sections currently in storage and the long process of creating a work schedule will begin."