| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | A-36 |
| Serial #: | 42-83731 |
| Registry: | N251A |
| .. past: | N50452 |
1950: Jack Hardwick, storage
1975: rebuild by Thomas Camp
1980: N50452, Dick Martin
1983: N251A, Tom Friedkin
1988: Sep 20, N251A, Tom Friedkin, Houston TX
1991: display at Champlin Fighter Museum, AZ
1994: display at Lone Star Flight Museum, TX
2002: May/June - P-51 is shipped to Duxford for the Legends Airshow
2003: Back in USA, awaiting rebuild in Chino
2005: stored, awaiting rebuild
2006: rebuild underway at Chino, Ca
2010: May, airworthy, just in time for the Planes of Fame Airshow. Bare metal.
2012: New paint: OD Green top/sides, grey bottom, red spinner, yellow wing band, diagonal white tail band
1975: rebuild by Thomas Camp
1980: N50452, Dick Martin
1983: N251A, Tom Friedkin
1988: Sep 20, N251A, Tom Friedkin, Houston TX
1991: display at Champlin Fighter Museum, AZ
1994: display at Lone Star Flight Museum, TX
2002: May/June - P-51 is shipped to Duxford for the Legends Airshow
2003: Back in USA, awaiting rebuild in Chino
2005: stored, awaiting rebuild
2006: rebuild underway at Chino, Ca
2010: May, airworthy, just in time for the Planes of Fame Airshow. Bare metal.
2012: New paint: OD Green top/sides, grey bottom, red spinner, yellow wing band, diagonal white tail band
The Last of the Wild Horses
P-51 Survivors book featuring images from Dick Phillips and John Dienst, with Mark Phillips.
To order, goto The Last of the Wild Horses. You can order online.
Price is $100 for pages and pages of P-51 Survivor history and photos. Over 2,500 photos!
The late Dick Phillips shared hundreds of his P-51 images with us at MustangsMustangs over the last 25 years. If you can, help support his life-long passion. I recently ordered my copy.
Thank you!
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Image Credits:
Jason Dilworth
Ben Rogers Duxford.org
Steve Huckvale
Christophe Collin
Nigel Rolling
Doug Fisher Ron's Archive
Christian Bechir website
Terry Fox
Vlado Lenoch
Ben Rogers Duxford.org
Steve Huckvale
Christophe Collin
Nigel Rolling
Doug Fisher Ron's Archive
Christian Bechir website
Terry Fox
Vlado Lenoch
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