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MORE P-51 PHOTOS

Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:55 pm

Scanned another 16.....about 200 more to go

F-82
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P-51B N51PR 43-25147
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P-51D CF-BAU
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P-51D N51D
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P-51D N51TC 44-84753
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P-51D N119H
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P-51D N169MD
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P-51D N286JB RAAF A68-198
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P-51D N63201
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P-51D N2251D
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P-51D N471R
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P-51D N345 44-74923
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P-51D REGISTR. UNKN
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P-51D NL51HT 45-11586
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P-51D NX7715C
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P-51D REGIST UNKN
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Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:29 am

The red unknown is a P-51H..
Way cool stuff

Re: MORE P-51 PHOTOS

Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:54 am

Nit-picking I know, but if anyone searches for a specific a/c then those listed with a wrong serial or N# won't show up, or these photos might later be labelled wrongly. So here I'll go trying to add to the descriptions!

wacoykc wrote:Scanned another 16.....about 200 more to go

N3451D

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N6320T

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P-51H N313H

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N44727

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T J

Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:55 am

Thanks for the help! I had the P-51H labled right in the URL but being late just typed P-51D. I have plety more if anyone wants to see them

Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:03 am

Please do. Fire up the scanner, and go for it...

T J

Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:28 am

More warbirds are always ok!

Re: MORE P-51 PHOTOS

Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:45 pm

To me it was almost a crime to go from this:

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to this:

P-51B N51PR 43-25147
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There has never been a better looking B model than Shangri La :D

I saw it when it was red while at Santa Monica and I could not bring myself to take a pic of it.

Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:05 pm

I could not agree more. But, I guess if you can afford to buy it then you can paint it any way you want! Isn't the airplane back in an authentic paint scheme again?

Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:23 pm

wacoykc wrote:Isn't the airplane back in an authentic paint scheme again?
She is - following a superb re-build by then owners TFC back to extremely stock condition http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/su ... 5147.shtml

Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:57 pm

Anyone know the status of the red P-51H Serial # 44-64415?

I remember the photos of it off the runway at Reno when it had the camoflage paint scheme but that was 30 years ago!

Time flies faster than a mustang it sometimes seems like.

:)

Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:26 pm

PinecastleAAF wrote:Anyone know the status of the red P-51H Serial # 44-64415?

I remember the photos of it off the runway at Reno when it had the camoflage paint scheme but that was 30 years ago!

Time flies faster than a mustang it sometimes seems like.

:)


Airworthy once again. Seen recently in the Phoenix area methinks.

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/su ... 4415.shtml

Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:11 pm

Is that the Whittington P-51H? If so, that spent many years here in my area and was owned and flown by Bill Hogan of Hamilton, Ohio. This was an airplane that was truly found in a garage.

Re: MORE P-51 PHOTOS

Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:01 pm

wacoykc wrote:
P-51D CF-BAU
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Just a note regarding this one. This is the second 51 to wear the registration C-FBAU. This one is 44-72826, the other one which crashed in 1984 was 44-73140.

T J

Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:30 pm

I remember when it went off the runway at Reno. IIRC the prop linkage attachment on the Aeroproducts prop is a ring on the back of the prop that rotates through a certain amount of travel with an arm the the linkage rod end connects to. They were known for failing and that happened here. The entire rear portion of the prop actually is stationary. The prop blades went to very low pitch which is close to feather position. There is much less drag and that caused the pilot to come in fast, land long and he was unable to stop on the runway. The photos on the above link show the approach with the prop blades in low pitch and the resulting damage. Now it appears that it has a Ham Standard Prop on it instead of the Aeroproducts.
Rich

Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:39 pm

I can't recall but isn't Death Rattler flying again?

That was my favorite Mustang at the time and was sad to hear she went down.
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