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Constructed as a P-51K. |
Circa 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-11153. |
September 1968 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Salvadorenais with s/n 409. |
1974 |
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Recovered.
Retrieved from Salvador by Jack Flaherty. |
1974 |
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Recovered.
Retrieved from El Salvador by Jack Flaherty. Paperwork swap between this one and N34FF, so adopted 44-11559 for registration purposes. |
1 November 1974 |
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To Flaherty Factors Inc/Jack W. Flaherty, Monterey CA with new c/r N34FF. |
27 February 1975 |
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To Howard Development CO/Will Edwards Jr/Wilson C Edwards, Big Springs, TX keeping c/r N34FF. |
14 May 1976 |
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To Tosco Inc/Scott Smith, Orlando, FL keeping c/r N34FF.
Markings added: GeGe, KI-S, S |
By 27 January 1978 |
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Markings Applied: GeGe, KI S, S |
27 January 1978 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: At Lakeland, Florida |
2 March 1978 |
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To Clark Motor Co Inc/William Clark, State College, PA keeping c/r N34FF.
Markings added: Dolly, KI-S, 3 |
From 1979 to 1985 |
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To Clark Motor Co/William Clark, State College, PA. |
From 26 February 1979 to 4 March 1979 |
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Raced as #3, named Dolly.
Competed at the Homestead Florida in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was Bill Clark from College Park, CA. Qualified in 25th place with an average speed of 255.837 mph. Raced in the Stock Plane Friday race. Finished in 7th place with an average speed of 230.642 mph. Raced in the Stock Plane Saturday race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 263.543 mph. Raced in the Stock Plane Final race. Finished in 2nd place with an average speed of 287.179 mph. In the stock plane race actually finished in sixth place but was dropped to seventh because of cuts on plyons #5 and #6 on lap #6. |
July 1979 |
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Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at Oshkosh. |
By 31 July 1979 |
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Raced as #3, named Dolly. |
By 31 July 1979 |
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Markings Applied: Dolly, KI S, S |
31 July 1979 |
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Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1979 photo at Oshkosh WI - of a North American P-51D Mustang |
31 July 1983 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Oshkosh, WI |
From September 1985 to 1988 |
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To Clark Motor Co, State College, PA with new c/r N51WE. |
4 September 1985 |
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To William Clark, State College, PA keeping c/r N51WE. |
7 March 1988 |
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Crashed.
There was one fatality. The accident occurred at State College, PA, United States while climbing. The airframe was destroyed. N51WE, a north american F-51D took off as the second ship of a two ship flight with N6341T, another F-51D. They were observed climbing in formation into the clouds. N6341T assumed communications and said they were a flight of 2 and ok, after atc was unable to contact N51WE. Witnesses were found who saw and heard an aircraft traveling north and experiencing engine trouble...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report. |
29 October 1998 |
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To Peter P. Regina, Granada Hills, CA keeping c/r N51WE.
Mr. Regina acquired unrestored/unrepaired crash remains. |
From 18 May 2000 to 2002 |
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To Banta Aviation Corp/Anthony J. Banta, Livermore, CA. |
Circa 2006 |
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Photographer: Jeff Hunt |
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The ID was transferred to Indonesian AF s/n F-350. At this point it is assumed the remains of the airframe were absorbed into other restoration projects and this airframe essentially ceased to exist.
For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier  |
