Ex P-51 owner Russ Francis.......

Decamara · **Joined:** Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:14 pm **Posts:** 72

Here's one for you guys.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/clt/4332737438.html

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7815

I was at that show in Santa Maria and remember it quite well. Nice artifact.

davidwomacks · **Joined:** Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:34 pm **Posts:** 195

I gotta say I think he's the only NFL player I know of to have ever owned/flown a P-51.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:05 pm

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I gotta say I think he's the only NFL player I know of to have ever owned/flown a P-51.

Wayne Meylan All-American linebacker from Nebreska who played for the Browss and the Vikings was killed in the crash of his P-51D N3278D on June 26, 1987.

Stoney · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:16 pm

he painted it black, what a shame

Tinker51 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:08 am **Posts:** 164

Stoney wrote:

he painted it black, what a shame

He painted what black?

Stoney · **Posted:** Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:59 am

Bob Love's P-51

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/?s ... l/44-73079

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregi ... iss20.html

Tinker51 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:08 am **Posts:** 164

I don't think Russ painted it.
I remember it still being white when he had it here. I could be wrong though.

DH82EH · **Posted:** Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:03 pm

Jack Cook wrote:

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I gotta say I think he's the only NFL player I know of to have ever owned/flown a P-51.

Wayne Meylan All-American linebacker from Nebreska who played for the Browss and the Vikings was killed in the crash of his P-51D N3278D on June 26, 1987.

I was going to say the same thing Jack. Wayne came to the CWH airshow in Hamilton with Regis Urschler (sp) in Gunfighter. I spoke with him about the aircraft. Complimented him on the RAF colours.
On the way home from there.................

Andy Scott

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7815

RIP Russ Francis ....

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when their small plane crashed after takeoff from an upstate New York airport, authorities said Monday.

Francis, 70, and Richard McSpadden, 63, had just departed from the Lake Placid Airport shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday in a single-engine Cessna 177 when the plane encountered trouble. The New York State Police said the aircraft crashed into an embankment at the corner of the airport.

Francis was president of Lake Placid Airways, which runs charter and scenic flights. A longtime flying enthusiast, he had been a pilot for nearly 50 years and had run a charter service in Hawaii, according to the airline’s website. McSpadden was a senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and was known as an aviation safety expert. The organization said his career included a stint as commander of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

phil65 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:42 pm

Not a good Sunday for us Boston fans..

The Patriots got crushed by the Cowboys.
We lost Ross Francis, an idol for mine as a teenager.
We also lost X Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield to brain cancer at the age of 57... :cry:

As a life member of the AOPA, Richard McSpadden will be missed as well..

Blue skies..
Phil

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:14 pm

Truly a loss for all. Didn't he also own a Sea Fury as well?

Randy Haskin · **Posted:** Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:09 pm

davidwomacks wrote:

I gotta say I think he's the only NFL player I know of to have ever owned/flown a P-51.

Scott Dill, who is currently a FedEx pilot and who was a Defensive End in the NFL for 9 years, used to own a T-28 and flew someone's Mustang...I don't remember which one, but he's shown me several pics of him flying it.

He said he used to fly the T-28 in between game locations just to keep logging hours for his post-NFL career at the airlines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Dill

Stoney · **Posted:** Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:21 am

Bob Love's P-51 before Francis bought it.

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