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44-74494 N72FT "Mustang Sally"
Menno Parsons, S. Africa
P-51 Survivor 44-74494 N72FT
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-30NA
Serial #: 44-74494
Registry: N72FT
.. past:   N6313T(ntu)
  N6356T
  P-51 Mustangs Survivors  
History: 44-74494 N72FT "Mustang Sally"
1944: Dec 17, Completion at NAA
1945: USAF various Air Material Command store depots
1950: Dec 06, RCAF 9237, 417 Sqdn, Trenton ONT
1960: Nov 01, RCAF SOC
195?: Crown Assets Disposal Corporation
1958: Dec 30, James DeFuria / Fred Ritts / Intercontinental Airways
1958: Dec 30, N6313T (ntu)
1959: Feb 27, N6356T
1960: May 10, N6356T, Aero Enterprises, Elkhart IN
1963: Jun 13, N6356T, Capital Steel, Baton Rouge La
1964: Mar 20, N6356T, Aero Enterprises, Elkhart IN
1964: Mar 20, N6356T, Benjamin Peck, NY
1968: overall red with white stripe and white underside, "100" on tail
1969: Feb 18, N6356T, Keegan Aircraft Ltd., London England, dark color with lightning bolt on side and "Keegan" logo on side behind canopy, N6356T on vertical in stripe
1969: Feb 20, N6356T, Charles Masefield, Shoreham Airport Sussex UK
1969: Jan 27, N6356T, 20th Century Fox Film Corp, Los Angeles CA
1969: in film "Patton", filmed in Spain. Flew as "643147" olive drab
1970: Mar 15, N6356T, Ed Jurist, NY, shipped back to USA '71 "41527 OC E"
1970: Mar 31, N6356T, Vintage Car Store Inc / Ed Jurist, Nyack NY
1972: Apr 27, N6356T, Vintage Aircraft Intl / Ed Jurist, Nyack NY
1974: September, Reno - Raced as #12, Gerald Martin (blue diamonds on red nose)
1975: Apr 05, N6356T, Military Aircraft Restoration Corp. / David Tallichet, Chino CA
1979: Feb 27, N6356T, Arthur (Wally) McDonnell, Mojave CA
1979: Jun 07, N6356T, Bill "Tiger" Destafani, Bakersfield CA
1980: Sep 14, N72FT, Reno Air Races #72 "Mangia Pane" - Qualified 9th @ 384 - Silver 1st @ 384 - Ron Hevle
1981: Jan 03, N72FT, Bill Destafani, Bakersfield CA, "Mangia Pane" 474494 LH D race #72
1981: Sep 20, N72FT, Reno Air Races #72 "Mangia Pane" - Qualified 4th 427!? - Gold 3rd @ 388 - Ron Hevle
1982: Sep 20, N72FT, Reno Air Races #72 "Mangia Pane" - Qualified 3rd @ 416 - Gold 5th @ 354 - finished 2nd cut 2 pylons - Bill Destafani
1983: Sep 18, N72FT, Reno Air Races #72 "Mangia Pane" - Qualified 9th @ 398 - Gold 4th @ 405 - Bill Destafani
1984: Sep 16, N72FT, Reno Air Races #72 "Mangia Pane" - Qualified 7th @ 425 - Gold 9th DNF Mayday lap 2 - Bill Destafani
1987: Feb 12, N72FT, Hugh Bikle / Vintage Aircraft Inc., Hollister CA, "Iron Ass" QP X 411661
2006: Jan 20, N72FT, sold, Tom Dean, San Diego CA
2010: May 05, N72FT, sold, Menno Parsons, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010: Sep 18, N72FT, re-assembled and flying again
2023: Mar 10, N72FT, Menno Parsons

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  Dave Welch Collection   Dave Welch Collection  
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  Charlie Verrall    
  John Hamlin    
  Brian Bickers   Brian Bickers  
  Don Vance    
  Caz Caswell   Caz's Aviation Pics  
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  Bernard Martin    
  Emil Strasser   courtesy Warbird Aero Press  
  Gerald Liang   courtesy Warbird Aero Press  
  Gary Maisack   Gary Maisack  
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  iGunship   Fly Africa  
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