The registration NX47DA shows the aircraft to be owned by a Henry "J" Schroeder III, with serial number 38955616, built in 1944, and currently with the Midwest Air Museum, of Danville, Illinois. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R2800 series motor.

The "J" could be for Joseph...we shall see! <G>

s/n 33955605 was delivered to the Brasilian Air Force as an F-47. Serving until 1953, the aircraft was put on display with the Brasilian AF initially, then a Brasilian Aerospace Museum before being sold to the U.S. The aircraft arrived initially in Santa Monica, passed through Chino, and wound up in the hands of Neal Melton, of Luttrell, TN. The aircraft was restored to airworthy condition in Rialto, California, and made its first flight since restoration on August 3, 1999.

Exhaust outlet for the R2800 motor on Hun Hunter XVI.

A frontal view of the humb, blades nose case and cylinders of Hun Hunter XVI's Pratt & Whitney R-2800 motor.

A quick peak at the instrument panel of a Vought F4U Corsair...

A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt sans name and nose art taxis in for Thunder Over Michigan.

Minimal markings for this P-47D Thunderbolt which is representative of a WWII fighter freshly delivered from the states, before nose art and name are applied. Many such aircraft were rushed into combat, gaining their names after battle, if they survived their introduction into Air War Europe.

Another view of Hun Hunter XVI taxiing in at Thunder Over Michigan during the Yankee Air Museum Air Show.

Hun Hunter XVI in profile as she arrives for Thunder Over Michigan.

That you can tell a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot by an overdeveloped arm...whichever one he utilized to hold the control stick!