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"Diamondback"
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Serial #: 45-11471 Construction #: 124-48224 Civil Registration: N5481V N332 N270MS N51VW N51UR Model(s): P-51D TF-51 Name: Diamond Back Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Registered as N5481V by ??, 19??. L.B. Maytag, Van Nuys, CA, 1962. David Maytag, Colorado Springs, CO, 1963-1968. - Registered as N332. - Flew as race #9. David Zeuschel, Van Nuys, CA, 1968-1979. James Barkley, AZ, 1979. - Crashed and destroyed, near Borrego Springs, CA, Aug. 21, 1979. -- Suffered an in flight structural failure. -- Barkley killed. Alan Preston Air Racing Team, Dallas, TX, Sept. 7, 1984-1987. - Rebuilt using fuselage of IDFAF 69 & wing of IDFAF 28. - Built as modified racer. -- Featured cut down fuselage and leading-edge radiators. - Flew as racer #84/Stiletto. Sherman Aircraft Sales, West Palm Beach, FL, 1987-1989. Liberty Aero Corp/Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, Nov. 1989-1997. - Restored to stock TF-51D configuration, Van Nuys, CA, 1995-1997. - First flight, Van Nuys, Feb. 26, 1997. - Flew as 511471/DJ-I/Rajun Cajun. David Jeansonnie, Lafayette, LA, 1997. - Registered as N270MS, May 1997. - Delivered from Van Nuys to Lafayette, LA, Oct. 29, 1997. Bob Jepson/Lady Alice Corp, Savannah, GA, Aug. 5, 1998-2002. - Registered as N51VW. - Registered as N51UR, July 1999. - Flown as 51147/PI-J/Diamondback. |
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
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