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Starduster Too N77BG
Trying to find the owner of this Starduster ll. Any one around Midland Texas know anything about it. The family is trying to locate it. It used to belong to his Dad Bud Giffin who built it! They would like to know where it is or what ever happened to it and may also be interested in buying it back!
N77BG was an award winner and a notable aircraft. It was built by Bud Giffin and traveled back and forth across the country and spent some time in the NW the Seattle area. It was originally powered by an O-320 and later converted to a 540. The last address I have in my records is the same person. Jerry D Fletcher or a Barbra S HC 34 Box 200-11 Midland TX. This is no longer a good address!
A Jim Roberts formerly of Beal AFB in Northern Calif told me about this accident as he once owned the aircraft and was interested in owning it again. Does anyone know him or his where about's today?
The air crash with the GRIFFIN TRANE INC. STARDUSTER TOO N77BG happened on 6/23/1984 at 1000 in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA, causing Substantial damage to the Airplane. More details on the accident below:
a.. Date/Time: 6/23/1984 at 1000 Central Daylight Time
b.. Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA
c.. Aircraft: Airplane
d.. Make/Model: GRIFFIN TRANE INC. STARDUSTER TOO, N77BG
e.. Damage: Substantial
f.. Injuries: N/A
g.. Cause: ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AFTER 4 UNSUCCESSFUL LANDING ATTEMPTS AT STROUD, OK. PLT ADDED FULL PWR AND RETURNED TO OKLAHOMA CITY SUSPECTING GEAR DAMAGE. VISUAL CHECK BY ANOTHER ACFT REVEALED NO APPARENT GEAR DAMAGE. UPON TOUCHDOWN AT EXPRESSWAY AIRPARK AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY, STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHTS AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
EXPRESSWAY AIRPARK
City Name: OKLAHOMA CITY
Airport Owner's Name: JOHN A SABOLICH
Address: 3101 NE 63
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73121
Owner's Phone: 405-478-4116
The airplane may still be on this airport?
Also in my notes was a Chet Morton of SE Kansas that may have been and owner and Michael A Allen 5229 NW 46th Oklahoma City OK73122 and Joe Underwood box 458 Guthrie OK 73044 also owned the airplane at one time!
Does anyone know the where about's of this airplane or any these people?
My feeling is that The airplane was never repaired and is still in Oklahoma someplace! Perhaps some one else acquired it and with the idea of fixing it and like many do not have the ability or expertise to do so and like many hope and wish that someday it will happen!
Not unusual as almost every airport has at least one person or several that has acquired and airplane in hopes it will someday fly again only to see it corrode into the ground or decay in a hanger year after year! Dave
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Dave Baxter
Starduster History
Trying to find the owner of this Starduster ll. Any one around Midland Texas know anything about it. The family is trying to locate it. It used to belong to his Dad Bud Giffin who built it! They would like to know where it is or what ever happened to it and may also be interested in buying it back!
N77BG was an award winner and a notable aircraft. It was built by Bud Giffin and traveled back and forth across the country and spent some time in the NW the Seattle area. It was originally powered by an O-320 and later converted to a 540. The last address I have in my records is the same person. Jerry D Fletcher or a Barbra S HC 34 Box 200-11 Midland TX. This is no longer a good address!
A Jim Roberts formerly of Beal AFB in Northern Calif told me about this accident as he once owned the aircraft and was interested in owning it again. Does anyone know him or his where about's today?
The air crash with the GRIFFIN TRANE INC. STARDUSTER TOO N77BG happened on 6/23/1984 at 1000 in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA, causing Substantial damage to the Airplane. More details on the accident below:
a.. Date/Time: 6/23/1984 at 1000 Central Daylight Time
b.. Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA
c.. Aircraft: Airplane
d.. Make/Model: GRIFFIN TRANE INC. STARDUSTER TOO, N77BG
e.. Damage: Substantial
f.. Injuries: N/A
g.. Cause: ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AFTER 4 UNSUCCESSFUL LANDING ATTEMPTS AT STROUD, OK. PLT ADDED FULL PWR AND RETURNED TO OKLAHOMA CITY SUSPECTING GEAR DAMAGE. VISUAL CHECK BY ANOTHER ACFT REVEALED NO APPARENT GEAR DAMAGE. UPON TOUCHDOWN AT EXPRESSWAY AIRPARK AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY, STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHTS AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
EXPRESSWAY AIRPARK
City Name: OKLAHOMA CITY
Airport Owner's Name: JOHN A SABOLICH
Address: 3101 NE 63
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73121
Owner's Phone: 405-478-4116
The airplane may still be on this airport?
Also in my notes was a Chet Morton of SE Kansas that may have been and owner and Michael A Allen 5229 NW 46th Oklahoma City OK73122 and Joe Underwood box 458 Guthrie OK 73044 also owned the airplane at one time!
Does anyone know the where about's of this airplane or any these people?
My feeling is that The airplane was never repaired and is still in Oklahoma someplace! Perhaps some one else acquired it and with the idea of fixing it and like many do not have the ability or expertise to do so and like many hope and wish that someday it will happen!
Not unusual as almost every airport has at least one person or several that has acquired and airplane in hopes it will someday fly again only to see it corrode into the ground or decay in a hanger year after year! Dave
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Dave Baxter
Starduster History
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