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42-103831 N1204 "Ina the Macon Belle"
Kermit Weeks, Polk City FL
P-51 Survivor 42-103831 N1204
Status: Display
NAA Type: P-51C-10NT
Serial #: 42-103831
Registry: N1204
.. past:   NX1204
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History: 42-103831 N1204 "Ina the Macon Belle"
1945: Oct 05, USAF surplus, Stillwater OK
1946: NX1204, Paul Mantz, raced as #60 2nd issue. Mantz had another P-51C, NX1202, that used #46 and #60!
1946: #60 Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 3rd at 373 mph, Thomas Matson pilot
1947: #60 Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 6th at 376 mph, Thomas Matson pilot
1948: raced as #46 "The Latin American", sponsored by Glenn McCarthy
1948: Bendix Race 2,044 miles: 1st Place by 10 sec at 448 mph, flown by Mantz
1948: N1204, Tallmantz Aviation Museum
1949: #46 Bendix Race 2,008 miles: 2nd place at 450 mph, Stanley Reaver pilot
1953:

Repainted and sponsored by NBC to fly the film reels of the UK Coronation Coverage. The film would be flown from UK to Goose Bay, Labrador by a Canberra jet bomber. From there, the networks would have to get the film to Boston. The reels needed to get back to the NBC headquarters to be aired asap. CBS, not to be outdone, hired Joe DeBona to fly their reels back in P-51 N5528N. ABC? tried to beat everyone by hiring a Canberra, who's pilot scratched the flight for political reasons. The two P-51s raced and it is rep. that CBS won the flying race, but was not first with the coverage. NBC convinced ABC to share its feed from CBC and both networks aired before CBS.

1960: N1204, Frank Tallman
1985: N1204, Kermit Weeks, Polk City FL
1987: began restoration by Cal Pacific Airmotive of Salinas, CA.
2000: Nov 30, first flight by Kermit Weeks at Salinas, CA.
restoration to honor the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII
2001: Apr 10, 1st place at Sun 'N' Fun
2001: July 31, EAA Oshkosh Grand Champion!
2007: Attended GML in Columbus Ohio. Flown by Kermit Weeks to tribute the Legends of the Tuskegee Airmen in attendance.
2010: Jan 27 - LT Col Lee Archer passed away in Manhattan. Archer was a leading P-51 pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII. Among his accomplishments was the downing of three German fighters in a single day. Archer was a great American pilot and always had time to talk. He and many like him will be missed.
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  Tom Smith    
  Dave Hackett    
  Dan Johnson    
  Howard Gribble   Flickr - Kid Deuce  
  Cal Pacific Airmotive    
  Curtis Fowles   MustangsMustangs  
  Bill Scheuerman    
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