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44-73436 N51KD "American Beauty"
Brian Reynold, Olympia WA
P-51 Survivor 44-73436 N51KD
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-25NA
Serial #: 44-73436
Registry: N51KD
.. past:   N6313T
  N51TK (#1)
  P-51 Mustangs Survivors  
History: 44-73436 N51KD "American Beauty"
1951: Mar 16, RCAF 9300
1956: RCAF 9300, storage, Fort Macleod
1960: Nov 1, RCAF SOC
1958: N6313T, James Defuria / Intercontinental Airways, Conastota NY
1960: N6313T, Aero Enterprises, Elkhart IN
1962: Jan 10, N6313T, Ralph Rensink, Lewiston ID
1962: Jun 26, N6313T, Walter Peterson, Manson WA
1977: Aug 17, N51TK (#1), Tom Kelley / John Dilley, Fort Wayne IN, "Lou IV" racer #19
1978: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 15th @ 347 (Jimmy Leeward) - Silver 3rd @ 310 (Paul Poberezny)
1979: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 24th @ 322 - Silver 7th @ 335 - John Dilley
1980: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 10th @ 380 - Silver DNF (in lead lap 7) - John Dilley
1981: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 14th @ 359 - Silver 1st @ 369 - John Dilley
1982: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 7th @ 403 - Gold 6th @349 - John Dilley
1983: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 10th @ 398 - Gold 6th @ 383 - John Dilley
1984: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 13th @ 398 - Silver 8th DNF - Lap mayday engine - John Dilley
1985: Sep 13, N51TK, Reno Air Races - #19 "Lou IV" - Qualified 12th @ 395 (John Dilley) - Silver 1st @ 374 - Tom Kelley
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Note: 1986: Sep, N51TK (#2) 44-63350 raced as #19 "Lou IV" (twin to N51TK #1 44-73436) John Dilley / Tom Kelley
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1986: March, N51KD, Dean Cutshall, "E2 S" race #91
1986: Sep 13, N51KD, Reno Air Races - #91 "E2 S" - Qualified 21st @ 365 - Bronze 1st @ 377 - Dean Cutshall
1987: Sep 13, N51KD, Reno Air Races - #91 "E2 S" - Qualified 15th @ 375 - Silver 4th @ 354 - Dean Cutshall
1990: Sep 13, N51KD, Reno Air Races - #91 "Cutters Capers" - Qualified 14th @ 378 - Silver 34d @ 380 - Dean Cutshall
1991: Sep 13, N51KD, Reno Air Races - #91 "Cutters Capers" - Qualified 13th @ 389 - Silver 4th @ 383 - Dean Cutshall
1992: Sep 13, N51KD, Reno Air Races - #91 "Cutters Capers" - Qualified 14th @ 383 - Silver 2nd @ 378 - Dean Cutshall
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1993: Aug, N51KD, Wally Fisk, St. Paul MN
1997: Nov 5, N51KD, Brian Reynolds / Northwest Helicopters Inc, Olympia WA
2001: Mar 15, N51KD, Brian Reynolds / Olympic Jet Inc, Olympia WA, "American Beauty"
2022: Aug 18, N51KD, Brian Reynolds / Olympic Jet Inc, Olympia WA

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Image Credits:
  Olympic Flight Museum    
  Jay Sherlock Collection   Jay Sherlock Collection  
  Peter Nicholson    
  Gary Maisack   Gary Maisack  
  Gerald Liang   courtesy Warbird Aero Press  
  Curtis Fowles   MustangsMustangs  
  Juha Ritaranta    
  Dan Linn    
  Caz Caswell   Caz's Aviation Pics  
  Mark Kallio    
  Gary Chambers    
  JT Kelley    
  Jefffery B. Johnson    
  Jack Cook    
  Trevor Bartlett    
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