Hellcat flies again

摘要

After countless hours of restoration work, the Flying Heritage Collection's Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat 79863 (N79863) re-flew from Paine Field, Everett, Washington state, on March 27. Well-known warbird pilot Steve Hinton was at the controls for the successful first flight. The Hellcat's paint scheme honours a local 'ace' - Lt Reuben H Denoff - who flew in the invasion of North Africa, fought as part of the US Navy's VF-9 in the Pacific, and then joined VF-12 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph.