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HINT: To my knowledge, this P-51 was never at the Cavalier facility in Florida nor did it receive any Cavalier modifications. Rich is very warm. This P-51 exists today.

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TESTING Foobar Sep 19 2026

9/19/26

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My father and I both worked at Bruce manufacturing. We both got to meet George. He was a very nice man. I always wanted to fly and I remember going into the store room at the factory. I was 16 then. 1976. There was what I thought a "Spitfire" in pieces. It may have been another plane but I was not very versed in plane identification at that time. Engine and wings with bullet holes in it and a good part of the fuselage. I used to sneak back there and look and dream. I loved those old planes.
I'm wondering now if it was the P-51.
My dad and I felt very bad when we heard about the crash. George and Earnie were good guys. They treated my dad and everyone decently.

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I washed THAT P51 weekly for $10 and Marv's Aero Commander for $35 in about 1963. Whiteman was making small cement mixers at the time. The Mustang was maroon with a gold thunderbolt trim. I used their wax "Plane Glow" to wax both planes monthly. I believe I got $35 and $65 for the wax jobs. I'd love to see a photo of the maroon plane.

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My great uncle was Fred H Johnson, who owned this P51 in the early 60's. i remember him telling me stories about flying the P-51 under bridges of the Ohio river, doing aerobatic tricks and even buzzing his neighbors. he was my great uncle, so these are stories i heard directly from him when i was growing up. ill try to track down some old pictures and share on here.

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See here also:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55431437352_6f126005c2_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55431437347_239054294b_b.jpg

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Just adding to this, I note that the attribution of "44-12962-A" to N51KJ is in error: on FAA paperwork it's clearly shown as 44-11962A (notably in a court judgement between John Barone, Thomas J Slaney, Barone-Slaney Partnership and William L Hane, Jerry Owens, Gerry Miles dba Mustang Ltd of 13 February 1989). Not sure if this helps since '11962 seems to be a P-51K which went to the RAF and was struck off charge in 1946

But at least it sets the record straight :)

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A Cavalier Mustang was built by the current Limited type certificate holder, Cal Pacific Airmotive, in 2019-2020. It became a newly built 44-74978, tail number NL74978. Ed Lindsay, son of David Lindsay of Trans Florida Aviation (original creator of the Cavalier Mustangs), flew it from CPA to the repair station I worked for at the time, APR Aviation. I did all of the final programming of the avionics.

From Salinas CA to Fresno CA in 24 minutes at a ground speed of 310 MPH.

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I have a copy of the Daily Olympian article of the crash, but I don't know how to post it to this page.

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This plane, CF-LOR was based out of the Oshawa Airport in Ontario for a couple of years around 1965-1966. My father got to know the pilot who referred to the plane as being “his”. I do not know about other people who may have owned a part interest in this plane. I understand the owner/pilot passed away suddenly and the plane was sold. I have many found memories of it flying out of Oshawa.

To David Rudd and Ron Mc Dougall, the plane you saw was flown by Mr. Hanu Halminen, recently deceased. It summered at his home south of Leskard Ontario where he had a private strip and hanger with other vintage aricraft. It was ex RCAF (as was CF-LOR) with the designation BA-S and tail number 9253.