| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-25NA |
| Conversion: |
TF-51D Restoration |
| Serial #: | 44-73142 |
| Registry: | N351B |
| .. past: | N6173C N51PW N51VP N51BK N551TB N151PF N51GY |
S/N 44-73142 C/N 122-39601 P-51D-25NA TF-51D Restoration
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1958: N6173C, Hap Arnold
1963: N6173C, Michael T. Loening, Salmon ID
1966: N6173C, Westair Co., Westiminster CO
1968: N6173C, Vernon Peterson, Valley View TX
1978: N51PW, Vern Peterson
1978: N51VP, Vern Peterson
1987: N51VP, J.Bradford, Prescott AZ
1989: Sep 06, N51VP, crashed on takeoff, Peterson killed
- NTSB# FTW89DPA04 - fuel contamination (water), engine failure during takeoff
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1991: N51BK, Bruce Morehouse, Denton TX
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2001: N551TB, Anthony Banta, Livermore CA, restoration as a TF-51
2006: N551TB, Provenance Fighters, restoration continues, estimate summer 2007
2008: April, N551TB, test flights by Dan Martin.
2008: Jun 3, N51GY, Gary Yelvington, Port Orange FL, "E Pluribus Unum"
2020: Apr 08, N51GY, Warbirds 3 LLC / Bob Bull, Kalispell MT
2020: Nov 05, N351B, Warbirds 3 LLC / Bob Bull, Kalispell MT
2024: Apr, N351B, Sun N Fun, blue-noser no nose art
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1958: N6173C, Hap Arnold
1963: N6173C, Michael T. Loening, Salmon ID
1966: N6173C, Westair Co., Westiminster CO
1968: N6173C, Vernon Peterson, Valley View TX
1978: N51PW, Vern Peterson
1978: N51VP, Vern Peterson
1987: N51VP, J.Bradford, Prescott AZ
1989: Sep 06, N51VP, crashed on takeoff, Peterson killed
- NTSB# FTW89DPA04 - fuel contamination (water), engine failure during takeoff
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1991: N51BK, Bruce Morehouse, Denton TX
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2001: N551TB, Anthony Banta, Livermore CA, restoration as a TF-51
2006: N551TB, Provenance Fighters, restoration continues, estimate summer 2007
2008: April, N551TB, test flights by Dan Martin.
2008: Jun 3, N51GY, Gary Yelvington, Port Orange FL, "E Pluribus Unum"
2020: Apr 08, N51GY, Warbirds 3 LLC / Bob Bull, Kalispell MT
2020: Nov 05, N351B, Warbirds 3 LLC / Bob Bull, Kalispell MT
2024: Apr, N351B, Sun N Fun, blue-noser no nose art
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