S/N 1178

N1523V

Manufactured in July 1942  JRF-5

BuAer 04351

US Navy Surplus

Avalon Air Transport/ Long Beach, Ca Ship No. 4     1953-1958

Converted to the Kaman K-16B tilt-rotor VTOL test bed aircraft in 1960. Aircraft is at the New England Air Museum, Connecticut.

Kaman K-16B tilt-rotor VTOL test bed aircraft