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cg51
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I have been sorting out pictures from my collection, more to come!
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Nice Photos, what zackley is the first one?

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Good question Gary, I always wondered myself!
This is what I got off the N#
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=19131&cmndfind.x=17&cmndfind.y=11
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cg51, I looked it up, check this out....Aviation is an exciting field, I'd love to have been in my early 20's back then


http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinv ... _goose.htm

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I never new what that airplane was, It was parked just west of the Museum on the north side of the field, I never seen it fly! I spent a few summers on the airport during the time my dad was head of the restoration team on the Bearcat and Zero. Thanks for the link
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Here are a couple of shots of the Bearcat Bu# 95255, N58204 during the restoration, that is my dad (the sheet metal wizard) standing by the right main gear in the first shot. The Bearcat in now with Rod Lewis
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ack! That is an ugly sabre. Give me bare metal any day.
Great pics though, love the Brit mustangs.
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Interesting, looks like that Clark Duramold plane has had a number of different engines over the years: http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL ... 00186.jpeg
http://www.aerofiles.com/fair-46a.jpg (Ranger power?)

And in the other pictures already in this thread, it looks like it's had the nose of a BT-13 grafted on.
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Please, I will appreciate any assistance identifying the P51 B or C (picture #3).
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That P51C is now flying as Princess Elizabeth with Jim Beasley
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As always you have posted some great stuff. Thanks :D I love the older pics.
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Where is Miss Fit these days???

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Miss Fit is now with Charles Osborne flying as Shangri-La. I got my first Mustang ride in Miss Fit back in 1992
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Here a few shots from the 1991 Museum of Flying Auction.
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cg51 wrote:
Miss Fit is now with Charles Osborne flying as Shangri-La. I got my first Mustang ride in Miss Fit back in 1992


Roger that and thanks, I have some shots of her at Reno when she was The Jackie C in 78th colors...

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