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"Excaliber III"
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Serial #: 44-10947 Construction #: 111-29080 Civil Registration: NX1202 N1202 Model: P-51C Name: Excaliber III Status: Display Last info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-10947, 19??. - Put up for disposal at Stillwater AFB, Ok, Feb. 19, 1946. Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA, Feb. 19, 1946. Paul Mantz, Los Angeles, CA, 19Aug. 9, 1946-1950. - Registered as NX1202. - Flew as Bendix racer #46/Excaliber (later #60 "Houstonian") Charles F. Blair, New York, NY, May 27, 1950-1952. - Registered as N1202. - Flew as Stormy Petrel (later Excaliber III). - Record NY-London Flight, Jan. 31, 1951. - Return flight over North Pole to NY, May 29, 1951. Smithsonian Institute/NASM, Silver Hill, MD, 1974-2002. - Loaned to California Museum of Science & Industry, Los Angeles, CA, 1988-2001. - Returned to NASM and stored, May 18, 2001. NASM, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles Airport, VA, 2003-2006. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. |
Photo Source(s): Bill Kistler. |
