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Ztex
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One never knows what one might when you vist an airport.

I was driving by Addison (Dallas) and saw this bird sitting out by some hangers...I slammed on the brakes!

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It lives there in the toy box. That is Kevin Raulie's ride..... :wink:

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Ztex wrote:
One never knows what one might when you vist an airport.

I was driving by Addison (Dallas) and saw this bird sitting out by some hangers...I slammed on the brakes!

:lol:

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Not bad. I probably woulda ran off the road! :shock: :lol:

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I thought it was Mr. Shaw's ride?

It is way purty

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It really doesn't matter who's ride it is, does it ???.....Its a Mustang

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[quote="Ztex"]I thought it was Mr. Shaw's ride?

It is way purty[/quote]


Yes this is Lewis Shaw's bird, Kevin just gets to fly it when ever he's needed, plus a couple other Mustangs :D :D
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So, really, who's Mustang is it?

That particular -51 ended up spending Friday night at Appleton this OSH, because OSH closed before he could get back. It was a most welcome visitor on our ramp! Nothing like coming in to work and being greeted by a gorgeous plane like that.

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It is registered to Lewis Shaw..
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p51registry/p51-4473704.html

A few more pics from Saturday's drool o'matic...


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Just in case y'all don't know, this was Lefty Gardner's old Thunderbird. I was part of the crew who rebuilt it at Ezell Aviation, in the mid-90's (I think we finished it in '97). What a p.o.s. that thing was when Lewis bought it! :shock: I must say though, that Mr. Shaw not only wanted everything right, but keeps it that way, as you can see from the pictures.

One thing I found funny about it though, is from a comment Nelson said upon arrival in it from Breckenridge to Denton, the first time it flew cross-country with the rockets, drop tanks, and all the ammo & guns in the bays. I asked, "well, how'd it go?" He replied with, "Well....(standard Nelson pause :wink: ) It'll cruise at a solid 180 knots." (With his eyes rolling). :lol: It's not exactly a Sea Fury with all that crap hanging off of it, but it sure looks good!

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retroaviation wrote:
Just in case y'all don't know, this was Lefty Gardner's old Thunderbird. I was part of the crew who rebuilt it at Ezell Aviation, in the mid-90's (I think we finished it in '97). What a p.o.s. that thing was when Lewis bought it! :shock: I must say though, that Mr. Shaw not only wanted everything right, but keeps it that way, as you can see from the pictures.

One thing I found funny about it though, is from a comment Nelson said upon arrival in it from Breckenridge to Denton, the first time it flew cross-country with the rockets, drop tanks, and all the ammo & guns in the bays. I asked, "well, how'd it go?" He replied with, "Well....(standard Nelson pause :wink: ) It'll cruise at a solid 180 knots." (With his eyes rolling). :lol: It's not exactly a Sea Fury with all that crap hanging off of it, but it sure looks good!

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Gary did the case still have a crack up on the left front and filled with JB weld??

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