P-51 Mustang Survivors
P-51 Mustang Survivors
A68-175 N51DT "Slender Tender Tall"
A68-175 N51DT
Thomas Blair
Gathersburg MD
Flying
NAA Type:
Serial #:
Adopted:
Registry:
.. past:
A68-175
44-74950
N51DT
N511D #2
N5789
CF-WWH
N64824
N20JS
N7496W
History / Previous Identities:
1950: Apr 12, BOC RAAF A68-175
1959: Jan 23, SOC
1960: Col Pay, Narromine NSW
1965: Ed Fleming / Skyservice Aviation, Camden NSW
1967: May 01, CF-WWH, John Kehler - shipped to Canada - converted to 4-place P-51! (Bob Diemert). N5789 ntu but rep. flown as N5789
1971: May 18, CF-WWH, A68-175, Ferry permit issued for Jun 17 1971 from Carman Manitoba to the Canadian USA border
1971: Aug 23, Letter to FAA stating that A68-175 was never formally entered into the Canadian Registry as CF-WWH
1971: May 18, CF-WWH, Roslyn Pines Inc / Frank Martucci, Roslyn Heights NY
1971: May 28, N64824, Roslyn Pines Inc
1972: Mar 9, N64824, Frank Martucci, Roslyn Heights NY
1973: Jan 31, N64824, Frank Guzman, W. Babylon NY - Photos of 4-place P-51 while owned by Frank Guzman based at Westhampton Airport, Long Island NY
3 P-51 IDs mixed up: A68-175, 44-74389, 44-74950
Four-Seat Conversion by Bob Diemert rep. owned by Frank Guzman. The 4-seater was converted from a CAC P-51 (A68-175). Fuselage damage during shipment (before conversion). Photos show N64824 on the side of the 4-place P-51
1971: A68-175 adopted id 44-74950 N551D (which crashed in 1971).
1973: N64824 belonged to 44-74389, now owned by Art Vance. Vance's P-51 was with the RCAF
Adopted 44-74950, N551D owned by Mustang Pilots Club (destroyed Aug 25, 1971)
1974: Oct 21, N511D, John Silberman, Worcester MA
1975: Feb 10, N20JS, John Silberman, Tampa FL
1984: Aug 28, Selby Burch, Winter Garden FL
1984: Nov 2, N7496W, Selby Burch
1993: Oct 26, RDT Aviation Corp / Dick Thurman, Raleigh NC - rebuilt Kissimmee FL - Lauderbacks found extra holes in the longerons during restoration.
1995: Apr 3, Vintage War Birds Inc / Dick Thurman, Louisville KY
1995: Jun 5, N51DT, Vintage War Birds Inc / Dick Thurman
1999: May 4, N51DT, Thomas Blair, Potomac MD
2007: Jun 13, Spitfire USA Ltd / Tom Blair, Rockville MD
50 Images of A68-175 N51DT "Slender Tender Tall" on file
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