Wheel Chair Seven made her arrival
on the river bed some 37 years ago and upon repair, she continued to serve
well, retiring on 5-7-1983. While on Active Duty, she served with the following
units during her first 27 years wearing Navy Gray.
| First flight |
Bethpage, LI. |
7/1956 |
| Test Aircraft |
Grumman Aircraft |
7/1956 |
| VR-5 |
N.A.S. Moffett Fld, CA |
6/1957 |
| VR-21 |
N.A.S. North Island, CA |
7/1957 |
| FASRON 116 |
N.A.S. Alameda, CA |
7/1957 |
| VR-21 |
N.A.S. Atsugi, Japan |
8/1957 |
| VRC-50
|
N.A.S. Atsugi, Japan |
3/1966 |
| VRC-30 |
N.A.S. Alameda, CA. |
11/1967 |
| Ship's Company |
CVA-64 Constellation |
1/1971 |
| Ship's Company |
CVA-34 Oriskany |
4/1971 |
| Ship's Company |
CVA-65 Enterprise |
6/1972 |
| Ship's Company |
CVA-19 Hancock |
1/1975 |
| VRC-50 |
Cubi Point, PI |
9/1975 |
| Station Aircraft |
N.A.F. Misawa, Japan |
9/1979 |
| Station Aircraft |
N.A.T.T.C. Lakehurst, NJ |
2/1983 |
| Retired |
M.A.S.D.C., AZ. |
5/1983 |
| C-1 Aerofuels |
Fairbanks, AK
|
6/1993 |
In her military
career, she flew 15,471 hours, made 152 cat shots, and caught a wire 422
times. |
