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Andy Marden
 Post subject: A-26 N917Y
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Does anyone know the current status of VIP-configured A-26 (44-34774)/N917Y please?
It used to be based at Provo UT (and does indeed have an owner there), but it doesn't seem to have been seen around there for a while now.
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There’s a YouTube channel following the restoration.
https://youtube.com/@mustangbob51?si=NScdVWu4GcSEszUE
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Here is a news story from last Friday on the restoration-
https://www.fox13now.com/news/uniquely- ... -over-utah
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Andy Marden
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Thanks gents, quite a coincidence that there was a news story about it just last Friday!
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On the film report in the news story, a P-51 marked 472148 can be seen in the same hangar.
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Vintage Aviation News had a piece about the project in April: https://vintageaviationnews.com/restora ... n-era.html

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Andy Marden wrote:
On the film report in the news story, a P-51 marked 472148 can be seen in the same hangar.


I can't find any clues to its identity - pretty sure it's a real one rather than a Thunder Mustang or similar. Code looks like J-PT or maybe I-PT?
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On the film report in the news story, a P-51 marked 472148 can be seen in the same hangar.


I can't find any clues to its identity - pretty sure it's a real one rather than a Thunder Mustang or similar. Code looks like J-PT or maybe I-PT?


It's a Stewart S-51. Here's a video from the same YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RknEb3v ... Rz42dWvJzF

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kalamazookid wrote:
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Andy Marden wrote:
On the film report in the news story, a P-51 marked 472148 can be seen in the same hangar.


I can't find any clues to its identity - pretty sure it's a real one rather than a Thunder Mustang or similar. Code looks like J-PT or maybe I-PT?


It's a Stewart S-51. Here's a video from the same YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RknEb3v ... Rz42dWvJzF


:shock: :lol:

Pretty convincing replica then!
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Andy Marden
 Post subject: Re: A-26 N917Y
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Doh....
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