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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:Executive Mustang
    Last Military Serial:9597 RCAF
    Construction Number:122-40993
    Last Civil Registration:N51ZW
    Compressed ID:Cavalier Executive Mustang sn 9597...
    Latest Owner or Location:Georg Raab, Germany

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-30-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-74453.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-74453.

    1948

    Redesignated as F-51D.

    8 November 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9597.

    November 1950

    Transferred to No. 442 Squadron (Auxiliary), RCAFAaStationAaSeaAaIslandAa (Vancouver), BC.
    Operated with markings: BU G, City of Vancouver

    Transferred to No. 402 Squadron (Auxiliary), RCAF Stevenson Field, AaManitoba.

    From 20 May 1959 to 1960

    To Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota, FL with new c/r N9150R.

    1959

    Remanufactured as an Executive Mustang by Cavalier.

    15 October 1959

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    From 29 July 1960 to January 1961

    To E. D. Weiner, Los Angles, CA with new c/r N1335.

    From October 1961 to 1962

    To Margaret [and] Frank Woodside, Lubbock, TX keeping c/r N1335.

    From 12 March 1962 to 1963

    To Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN keeping c/r N1335.

    From 25 February 1963 to 1970

    To John M. Barker, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N1335.

    17 March 1963

    Crashed.
    Crashed Landing Indianapolis, IN, Barker killed.

    Wreck stored, parts later sold: wing sections to Richard Ransopher, Kernersville NC but not used in his rebuild N351D(2), then to John Marlin for his Martin Baker M.B.5 replica (Warbird Directory).

    30 November 1970

    Civil registration, N1335, cancelled.
    Registration revoked for failure to file activity report.

    From 1981 to 1984

    To Bill Destafani, Shafter, CA.
    Fuselage only.

    Restored.
    Rebuilt at Shafter, CA, using components from an Australian CAC airframe and new-build spars. Adopted id of USAAF s/n 44-13903.

    1987

    To Jerry C. Janes, Vancouver, BC with new c/r C-GJCJ {2}.

    From 1988 to 1993

    To James R. Priebe, Findlay, OH with new c/r N151JP.
    Operated with markings: Glamorous Jen, WD-L, 413903

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    From 10 May 1993 to 2002

    To Howard Ross/Kipnis Inc, Chicago, IL with new c/r N251HR.

    14 June 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL51ZW (P51D, 44-13903JP) issued.

    22 February 2002

    To Robert C, Baranaskas/Leestown Aviation, Northport, NY keeping c/r N251HR.

    22 February 2002

    To Leestown Aviation Inc, Northport, NY with new c/r N751RB.
    Operated with markings: 413903, WD-L Glamorous Gal.

    Based at Warbirds Over Long Island, Brookhaven Airport, Shirley, Long Island, NY.
    View the Location Dossier

    15 July 2009

    Civil registration, N1335, cancelled.

    30 August 2009


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 2009 photo during the Waterloo Air Show in Canada

    By 23 October 2009

    Civil registration, N1335, cancelled.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Ron Malec
    Notes: Greater Georgia Airshow 2011, Peachtree City (KFCC), GA. About one month prior to landing accident.

    15 October 2011

    Involved in an incident.
    Gear collapse while landing at Florida Regional Airport.

    From 2012 to 2013

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: W-WZ, Frances Dell
    Rebuild and restored at Danville IL.

    19 June 2012

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Broomfield, CO.

    11 July 2012

    To CP Air Llc/Carl Patrick, Broomfield, CO with new c/r N51ZW.

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL751RB (P51D, 44-13903JP) issued.

    15 October 2014

    To CP Air Llc, Louisville, CO keeping c/r N51ZW.

    30 October 2014

    First post-restoration Flight.
    At Danville, IL.

    5 May 2017


    Photographer: Colorado Zephyr
    Notes: Serial number 44aC74453 registered N51ZW at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Broomfield, Colorado.

    24 February 2020

    To Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee, Albuquerque, NM keeping c/r N51ZW.

    To Georg Raab, Germany.
    Based at EDFE, Egelsbach, Germany.

    2 June 2022


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: Bienenfarm SuF 2022


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    MustangsMustangs.com by Curtis Fowles
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Georg Raab

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