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"Moonbeam McSwine"

         

           

Serial #:
  44-73656 (44-12473)
Construction #:
  122-40196
Civil Registration:
  N5073K
  N32FF
  N2151D
Model(s):
  P-51D
  Cavalier 750
Name:
  Moonbeam McSwine
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2002
   History:
Put up for disposal, McClellan AFB, Ca, 1958.
Registered as N5073K by ??, 19??
Delta A&E Parts Inc, NC, Feb. 1958.
Michael E. Coutches/American Aircraft Sales, Hayward, CA, May 1958.
Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota, FL, 1958-1963.
Stanley Dunbar Studios, Charlotte, NC, 1963.
Howard Olsen, Midland, TX, 1966.
- Flew as Race #1.
Duncan Airmotive Inc, Galveston, TX, 1968.
Delivered to FA Salvadorena as FAS 406, Circa Dec. 1968.
Jack W. Flaherty/Flaherty Factors Inc, Monterey, CA, Nov. 1, 1974.
- Registered as N32FF.
- Adopted ID of P-51K/44-12473 on return to USA.
Gordon W. Plaskett, King City, CA, 1975-1981.
- Registered as N2151D, 1976.
- Restored to airworthy, 1976.
- Flew as 414237/HO-W/Moonbeam McSwine.
Chris Williams, Ellensburg, WA, 1981-1987.
Vlado Lenoch/Lenoch Engineering Inc, La Grange, IL, Apr. 1988-2002.
- Flew as race #51.
- Flown as 414237/Moonbeam McSwine/HO-W.
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.
 Photo Source(s):
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003
Richard Huston.