A-26 N917Y

[Andy Marden]

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.

[G_MAN400]

There’s a YouTube channel following the restoration.
https://youtube.com/@mustangbob51?si=NScdVWu4GcSEszUE

[Warbirdnerd]

Here is a news story from last Friday on the restoration-
https://www.fox13now.com/news/uniquely- ... -over-utah

[Andy Marden]

Thanks gents, quite a coincidence that there was a news story about it just last Friday!

[Andy Marden]

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

[Zac Yates]

Vintage Aviation News had a piece about the project in April: https://vintageaviationnews.com/restora ... n-era.html

[Chris Brame]

1957 Helvetica font on the tail number...
(sorry, not my airplane, font , etc. )

[Hooligan2]

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?

[kalamazookid]

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

[Hooligan2]

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

Pretty convincing replica then!

[Andy Marden]

Doh....