MustangsMustangs   >   P-51 Mustang   >   Survivors   >   44-74977       P-51 Home     Forums     P-51 News     Specifications     P-51 Variants     P-51 Who?     Books     Links     P-51 Gear     Search     Contact   P-51 Images     Military     Survivors     Nose Art     P-51 Shows     Mustangs x2     Wallpapers     Warbirds     Use Guidelines   Survivors     The P-51 List     A-36     P-51A     P-51B/C     P-51D Home       44-13253       44-72000       44-73000       44-74000       44-75000       Misc.     P-51K     P-51H     Cavalier     Commonwealth   P-51 Aces     WWII Aces     Top Aces     Ace In A Day   P-51 Who?     Unsolved     Recent       44-74977       N5448V         Type: P-51D-30NA Serial #: 44-74977 Registry: N5448V Owner: Lorraine Gruys Base: Sante Fe NM Status: Flying    << Prev. Survivor This P-51 Survivor Page last updated:     Wednesday 1 August 2007, at 8:46:14 Next Survivor >>        History / Previous Identities:       1963: N5448V (Earl Dodge) 1966: (Mike Coutches) 1984: aircraft stolen, recovered 4 months later. 1994: (Chris Gruys) Complete rebuild by Dan Martin in Hollister, CA 1999: Suffered front end damage during landing roll-out, fixed by Dan Martin 2003: Prop seal failed during ferry flight by Dan Martin. Martin was able to get back and land safely without a controllable prop and oil everywhere! (We do mean everywhere). Nice flying Dan.         Images of     44-74977     N5448V     32 pics on file: 21 here, plus 11 more on members page       Image Credits:   Curtis Fowles - MustangsMustangs   (# 1,3,4,7-11,26-28,31) Dick Phillips - Warbird Images   (# 14,15) Sid Roberts via Chris Luvara - Stick and Rudder Photo   (# 32) via Dan Martin   (# 17-22) Need to use any of over 4500 images at MustangsMustangs? Please read our Image Use Guidelines.   F O R D M U S T A N G S P | 5 1 M U S T A N G S   | MustangsMustangs | P-51 Home | Survivors | Pictures | Forum | Aces | contact | THANK YOU! to everyone who helps keep the P-51 (and this website) flying. Copyright © 2007     MustangsMustangs       Fri Mar 14 15:50:34 PDT 2008