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Constructed as a CA-18-Mk 22 by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. |
13 October 1950 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A68-187. |
From 5 November 1956 to By 1958 |
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Assigned to RAAF Tocumwal, NSW for storage. |
22 April 1958 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Australian Air Force. |
From 23 April 1958 to By 1960 |
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To A. J. R. Titus Oates, Sydney, NSW. |
From 1960 to By 1962 |
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To Adastra Aerial Surveys/Sepal Pty Ltd, Sydney-Mascot, NSW. |
From By 1961 to By 1963 |
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Originally planned for use as a high altitude photographic survey platform, but the certification efforts were abandoned and instead was placed in storage at Mascot. |
14 March 1962 |
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To Sepal Pty Ltd, Sydney with new c/r VH-AGJ {1}.
Registration reserved by Sepal, but not taken up. |
From 1962 to By 1967 |
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To Fawcett Aviation, Sydney-Bankstown NSW. |
From By 1963 to By 1967 |
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Placed in open storage at Bankstown. |
From 1967 to By 1969 |
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To Chieftain Aviation Pty Ltd, Bankstown, NSW. |
July 1967 |
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Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: Fawcett Aviation at Bankstown Airport, Sydney had DCA approval to operate Mustangs strictly as target tugs and for other military contracts. One of their spare aircraft was CA-18 Mk.22 PR version A68-187, seen at Bankstown in July 1967. This was later temporarily fitted with a RR Dart turboprop before sale to USA where it today flies as a Reno air racer. |
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Mounted on a pole, at the Bankstown Airport, and use as an advertising display. |
By 1969 |
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To F. Hockey Treloar, Sydney, NSW with new c/r VH-FHT.
Registration reserved. |
By 1971 |
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Restored at Bankstown with a Rolls Royce Dart 510 installed. |
From By 1972 to By 1977 |
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To Canberra ACT.
Completed the turbine conversion. |
March 1973 |
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Civil registration VH-UFO reserved but not taken up.
Registration reserved. |
29 July 1977 |
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Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Canberra |
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Ground run but not flown. Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Canberra. |
1982 |
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Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: Circa 1982 photo at Canberra ATC, Australia |
From By 1990 to By 1995 |
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Placed in storage at Toowoomba, QLD. |
1995 |
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Transported by ship.
Moved to the USA. |
August 1995 |
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To World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N919WJ. |
August 1995 |
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To Frank Borman, Las Cruces, NM. |
By 1996 |
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Civil registration N151SU reserved but not taken up. |
From December 1996 to By 2005 |
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To Picacho Aviation/Frank Borman, Las Cruces, NM with new c/r N50FS. |
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Restored.
Markings Applied: Su Su II, 474839, TF-839
Restored at Chino, CA as a TF-51D using parts from 44-74859. |
16 December 1996 |
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First post-restoration Flight.
Flown at Chino. |
10 March 1999 |
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To unknown owner.
Sale reported to a new owner in Xxx, OK. |
8 April 1999 |
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Photographer: David Leininger
Notes: Photographed at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends at Kissimmee, FL. |
28 October 1999 |
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To Picacho Aviation Llc, Fairacres, NM keeping c/r N50FS. |
5 September 2006 |
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To Lewis Aeronautical Llc/Rod Lewis, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N50FS. |
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Markings Applied: LA PISTOLERA, TF-839, 474839 |
28 September 2007 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
28 September 2007 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photo taken at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, OH. |
28 September 2007 |
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Photographer: John Yates
Notes: At Rickenbacker International Airport |
30 September 2007 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
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To Lewis Air Legends/Rod Lewis, Lewis Ranch Airport, San Antonio, TX.
 View the Location Dossier |
8 November 2010 |
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To Lewis Fighter Fleet Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N50FS. |
13 June 2016 |
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To Lewis Fighter Fleet Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N50FS. |
