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"Mustang Sally"
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Serial #: 44-74494 Construction #: 122-41034 Civil Registration: N6313T N6356T N72FT Model: P-51D Name: Mustang Sally Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History: Delivered to RCAF as 9237. - BOC: Dec. 6, 1950. - SOC: Nov. 1, 1960. James H. Defuria & Fred J. Ritts/Intercontinental Airways, Conastota, NY, Dec. 30, 1958. - Registration N6313T reserved but not taken up. - Ferried to USA as N6313T but not formally registered. Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, 1960. - Registered as N6356T. Capital Steel, Baton Rouge, LA, June 13, 1963-1964. Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, Mar. 20, 1964. Benjamin B. Peck/Interocean Airways, Luxemburg/Munich, West Germany, Feb. 20, 1964-1966. - Delivered from U.S. to Luxembourg, arrived July 28, 1964. Charles Masefield, Shoreham, UK, Aug. 1966-1970 - Used in movie "Patton", 1969. -- painted as USAAF/643147. Ed A. Jurist/Vintage Car Store, Nyack, NY, Mar. 15, 1970-1972. - Shipped to USA, Jan. 1971. - Flew as 415271/OC-E. Ed A. Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International, Brownwood, TX, Feb. 27, 1972-1975. David C. Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, Mar. 1975-1979. Wally McDonnell, Mojave, CA, 1979. Bill Destefani, Bakersfield, CA, 1979-1981. Bill Destefani, Shafter, CA, Jan. 1981-1987. - Registered as N72FT. - Flew as race #72/Mangia Pane/474494/LH-D. Vintage Aircraft Inc, Mountain View, CA, Sept. 4, 1987-2002. - Flew as 411661/Iron Ass. Tom Dean, Los Angeles, CA, May 4, 2006-2007. - Flown as "Mustang Sally". |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, 2007. |
Photo Source(s): Caz Caswell. Pete Regina Research Assistance: - |
