P-51 Mustang Survivors: " Precious Metal " , N5483V - serial #: 44-73518 Sights, Sounds, History.

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44-73518 N5483V " Precious Metal "

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Don Whittington
Fort Lauderdale FL
Restoration

P-51D-25NA

44-73518

N5483V

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History / Previous Identities:

1963: N5483V(1) Edward Fisher
1975: racer built by Gary Levitz "Precious Metal"
1976: "Miss Florida III" (Don Whittington)
1978: "Precious Metal" #9 (Don Whittington)
1984: P-51D N5483V put into storage -
Tail section used on a newly built Griffon powered racer N6WJ.
Goto Page of N6WJ
1987: N6WJ Griffon engine racer built - showed at Reno '88
crashed at Reno -not N5483V
1989: N5483V taken out of storage after N6WJ crashed at Reno -
stock tail installed on N5483V
1990: N5483V ditched at sea TX, salvaged for rebuild
(ditched because of bad WX at destination and low fuel)

Images of 44-73518 N5483V " Precious Metal "

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   Mike Shelton
   Gerald Liang - courtesy Warbird Aero Press
   Emil Strasser - courtesy Warbird Aero Press

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