P-51 Mustang Survivors: " Scat VI " , N51YS - serial #: 44-72826 Sights, Sounds, History.

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44-72826 N51YS " Scat VI "

NAA Type:
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Registry:
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Status:

Denny Hickman
Alabama
Flying

P-51D-25NA

44-72826

N51YS
N6344T
C-FBAU(#2)

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History / Previous Identities:

1947: RCAF 9563, Jun 7 1947 -- Sep 29 1960
1957: James Defuria, Fred Ritts, Intercontinental Airways
1960: N6344T, Aero Enterprises
1964: John Milton
1973: Max Ramsey
1978: Tom Watson
1985: C-FBAU(2), Dennis Bradley
1991: N51YS "Old Boy", Steve Collins
Based at Peachtree-Dekalb Airport in Atlanta, flown by Ray Fowler
2000: flown by Steve Collins
2002: March - sold to Marius Maxwell of Paducah Ky
2005: July - repainted and flown to Oshkosh Convention where it was joined by Robin Olds, WWII pilot of "Scat VI" (the original). Olds put on a great forum with stories from WWII. He answers your questions with great truth and some color. He is very entertaining and is still a great fighter pilot at heart.

2007: June 14 - after battling with illness for a several months, this young-at-heart fighter pilot died peacefully one month short of his 85th birthday. Olds was a great American hero! Wiki. has some great info on him here.

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   Dan Linn
   Pete Clukey
   Bob Garrard
   Gary Chambers
   Curtis Fowles - MustangsMustangs
   Den Pascoe
   John Kerr
   Matt Maranto
   Trey Carroll
   Mike Ody - Mike Ody Collection
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