Roger Baker	June 28, 2005 at 16:53:19
I saw this airplane (44-73420) at Ardmore airport near Aukland, NZ sometime around 2000-01.

Martin / Swiss Mustangs	June 29, 2005 at 01:56:26
44-73420, veteran with 165th FS KY ANG and 190th FS ID ANG - to N7722C; today ZK-PLI Martin

Kevin Ryan	July 11, 2005 at 18:40:59
Apparently she has spent most of her life in her natural paint... http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p51registry/p51-4473420.html Here's your girl... Serial Number 4473420 Type Registration Co-Owned Manufacturer Name NORTH AMERICAN Certificate Issue Date 12/20/1984 Model F-51D Mode S Code 52471426 Year Manufacturer None Cancel Date 02/03/1994 Reason for Cancellation Exported Exported To NEW ZEALAND

Randy Minnick

December 22, 2005 at 21:29:17

For whatever it means....I just plugged this N Number into the FAA Registry and came up with this (12-22-05): FAA Registry N-Number Inquiry Results -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N7722C is Assigned Assigned/Registered Aircraft Aircraft Description Serial Number 4473420 Type Registration Corporation Manufacturer Name NORTH AMERICAN Certificate Issue Date 12/07/2005 Model F-51D Status Valid Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Type Engine Reciprocating Pending Number Change None Dealer No Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 52471426 MFR Year None Fractional Owner NO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Owner Name AIRCORP/PURSUIT LLC Street 1901 BAYADERE TER City CORONA DEL MAR State CALIFORNIA Zip Code 92625-1810 County ORANGE

Dale Knutsen

February 13, 2006 at 20:06:14

During the period that she wore this paint scheme (probably mid to late 1960s), N7722C was owned by Robert Bixler of San Jose, CA. Bixler flew contract flight test operations for FMC Corporation, with most of the ops at low altitudes over Hunter Liggett Military Reservation (central California coast) and Navy bombing ranges at Fallon, NV. Sometime in the early 1970s the aircraft was sold to an owner in Texas, where it was repainted in military colors. It was subsequently sold and exported to a collector in New Zealand, but has recently come back to the United States.

Fred Cressey	August 08, 2008 at 09:47:32
I have photo's of this plane taken at an Odessa Texas airshow 1979-1980 with the same paint scheme as the photo shown, except that the cowling is bare metal.