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The airplane has a very checkered history, having crashed and been rebuilt several times.

44-74558 may indeed be the "core" identity of the airplane. 44-74558 is suspected to have been illegally sold/flown to El Salvador for the 1969 war. It is suspected to have been a parts donor used to construct an ad-hoc TF-51 after El Salvador's Cavalier TF-51 crashed and was largely destroyed (the dual-control cockpit survived the crash). So, 44-74558's nose, wing, empennage, and horizontal stabs were used to build up the new airplane.

Anyway, the airplane is noted as being 'wreckage' when acquired by Flaherty in '74 with all the other Salvadoran Mustangs. Its history since then is relatively well known. With all that crashing and rebuilding, and the core TF-51 fuselage probably being sourced from an anonymous Cavalier TF-51, I don't know that it's possible to pin-on any identity aside from "possibly" being 44-74558.

If anyone has further photos (especially during/after recovery from El Sal or when it was rebuilt) or information, I'd be interested in hearing it.

Hi. just thought I would let you know that the Pitts Special "Double Take" (Item #91) in the list is now located at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA

Wings Over Houston, 1987.

Saludos,


Tulio

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Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

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I am bringing this post back as I am presently going through old photo prints and digitalizing them. This is an ongonig project and I will continue to post as long as there is interest or I run out of photos that are acceptable..

Douglas A-20G "Havoc" (21857)(USAAF 43-22210)(N67921)(Crashed 10-08-88 Harlingen, TX)

Douglas A-20G Havoc cn21857 USAAF 43-22210 N67921 b by Bill Word, on Flickr
Douglas A-20G Havoc cn21857 USAAF 43-22210 N67921 a by Bill Word, on Flickr
Douglas A-20G Havoc cn21857 USAAF 43-22210 N67921 c by Bill Word, on Flickr
Douglas A-20G Havoc cn21857 USAAF 43-22210 N67921 d by Bill Word, on Flickr

Nice photos of Max & the A-20 Bill!
Keep em coming.
Robbie

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Nice scans there Bill. I keep finding out just how hard it is to make decent scans of older photos. I too would very much like to see more.

Just a photography note. I believe the proper form for the copyright notice is to use the date the photo was taken rather than the date it was scanned. Putting 2016 on the shots could be confusing to historians in the future.

I too miss those great air shows of the 1970s and 1980s. No matter what anybody says, those shows were just more fun than the oversecuritied scene these days. I'm glad I was around for some of them.

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Thank you Neal reminding me about the copyright date. I do know that but was toooo lazy to change. I will make corrections on these photo and future ones. I do need someone to keep me on track and correct

Thanks Again
bill word

North American Rockwell OV-10D Bronco cn305-47 USMC 155436 ER VMO-1 Yazoo by Bill Word, on Flickr
North American Rockwell OV-10D " Bronco" (305-47)(USMC 155436)(ER VMO-1 Yazoo MCAS New River NC)

North American Rockwell OV-10D+ Bronco cn305-103 USMC 155492 ER VM0-1 Yazoo by Bill Word, on Flickr
North American Rockwell OV-10D+ "Bronco" (305-103)(USMC 155492)(ER VMO-1 Yazoo MCAS New River NC)(Later became OV-10G+ with RLU-1 Black Ponies, Combat Dragon II Program NAS Fallon & Nellis AFB)

Northrop T-38A Talon cnT.6091 USAF 67-14950 460th FTS Chargin' Cheetahs by Bill Word, on Flickr
Northrop T-38A "Talon" (T.6091) (USAF 67-14950)(460th FTS Chargin' Cheetahs Randolph AFB TX)(Currently at 25th FTS Vance AFB OK)

Canadair CL-13B Mk 5 (F-86) Sabre cn1120 RCAF 23330 N86JR by Bill Word, on Flickr

Bede BD-5J Coors Light Silver Bullet cn002 N21AP b by Bill Word, on Flickr

Bell P-63F Kingcobra USAAF 43-11719 N6763 by Bill Word, on Flickr

I've always loved that particular P-63. Steve Hinton flew his very first Air Race in that airplane.

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Never seen that particular Sabre before, absolutely beautiful! Thanks for posting these Bill and please keep them coming.

Bill - glad you revived this thread because I just noticed that #75 in your list is my SNJ-6 N7983C with propane gas guns and 100lb practice bombs. Name was "Six Shooter". Sold it in the mid 1990s. It is still alive with a different N-number last I looked. All the best and thanks for your photos.

Randy

Randy your SNJ will be posted in a few days. I have a lot of photos to go through. Some are good, some are ok and some cannot be restored to a presentable photo. Almost all of the T-6s look like they can be made presentable.

Curtiss C-46F Commando The Tinker Belle cn22597 USAAF 44-78774 N78774 a by Bill Word, on Flickr
Curtiss C-46F Commando The Tinker Belle cn22597 USAAF 44-78774 N78774 b by Bill Word, on Flickr
Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair USN 96995 NX4908M by Bill Word, on Flickr

Douglas DC-3-178 Draggin Lady 1918 N17332 a by Bill Word, on Flickr
Douglas DC-3-178 Draggin Lady 1918 N17332 b by Bill Word, on Flickr
Beechcraft C-45H (AT-11) Kansan cnAF-877 USAF 52-10957 N320A by Bill Word, on Flickr