| Status: | On Display |
| NAA Type: | P-51C-10NT |
| Serial #: | 44-10947 |
| Registry: | N1202 |
| .. past: | NX1202 |
S/N 44-10947 C/N 111-29080
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1946: NX1202, Paul Mantz, #46 "Excalibur" air racer
- highly modified for trans-continental races
1946: Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 1st Place at 435 mph, Paul Mantz pilot
1947: Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 1st Place at 460 mph! Paul Mantz pilot
1947: Set coast-coast speed records (both directions) as "Blaze of Noon"
1948: #60 "The Houstonian"
1948: Bendix Race 2,044 miles: 2nd Place by 10 sec at 446 mph. Flown by Linton Carny, Mantz flew 1st Place N1204
1949: #60 Bendix Race 2,008 miles: 3rd Place at 449mph. Flown by Herman Salmon
1950: N1202, Charles Blair / Pan American World Airways
- flew as "Excalibur III"
1951: Jan 31, N1202, Record flight, New York to London, 7 hours 48 minutes
1951: May 29, N1202, Record flight, Bardufoss Norway over North Pole to Fairbanks AK in 10 hours 27 minutes
1951: N1202, Record flight, Fairbanks AK to New York, 9.5 hours
1952: Charles Blair awarded the Harmon International Trophy by President Harry Truman
1953: May, N1202, sale, Pan American World Airways
1953: donated to Smithsonian Institution, NASM
1977: restoration
1988: on display at California Museum of Science/Industry
2000: moved to NASM, Washington DC
2004: on display at Udvar-Hazy Center, NASM Washington DC
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1946: NX1202, Paul Mantz, #46 "Excalibur" air racer
- highly modified for trans-continental races
1946: Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 1st Place at 435 mph, Paul Mantz pilot
1947: Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 1st Place at 460 mph! Paul Mantz pilot
1947: Set coast-coast speed records (both directions) as "Blaze of Noon"
1948: #60 "The Houstonian"
1948: Bendix Race 2,044 miles: 2nd Place by 10 sec at 446 mph. Flown by Linton Carny, Mantz flew 1st Place N1204
1949: #60 Bendix Race 2,008 miles: 3rd Place at 449mph. Flown by Herman Salmon
1950: N1202, Charles Blair / Pan American World Airways
- flew as "Excalibur III"
1951: Jan 31, N1202, Record flight, New York to London, 7 hours 48 minutes
1951: May 29, N1202, Record flight, Bardufoss Norway over North Pole to Fairbanks AK in 10 hours 27 minutes
1951: N1202, Record flight, Fairbanks AK to New York, 9.5 hours
1952: Charles Blair awarded the Harmon International Trophy by President Harry Truman
1953: May, N1202, sale, Pan American World Airways
1953: donated to Smithsonian Institution, NASM
1977: restoration
1988: on display at California Museum of Science/Industry
2000: moved to NASM, Washington DC
2004: on display at Udvar-Hazy Center, NASM Washington DC
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