lonely Mustang

[SCEPTER]

I saw this p-51 on my way home yesterday,can someone tell us a story about it?

[Stevo]

Re: lonely Mustang

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-74311.shtml

[Mike51]

Re: lonely Mustang

Interesting - it was sitting at San Martin with many parts removed when I saw it a few months back. Good to see it back in one piece again!

Where were the photos taken Scepter?

[gp70442]

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Strange looking prop.

GP

[Mluvara]

Re: lonely Mustang

That mustang is owned by Ken McBride and is in San Martin,CA. He flew it quite a bit around 2000 and it's been down for some work the past few years. It spent some time in the San Martin Museum. You'll probably see it up and running in the near future as I know he's looking to get it back in the air.

I forgot what the exact designation was for the prop, but it is different.

Ken's also the one that you've probably seen hanging out in the Merlin's Magic pits showing off replica P-51 parts. He's been quietly building new parts and components for P-51's.

Michael

[Mike51]

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It was parked outside at the San Martin museum when I saw it, so was this where the photos were taken? I believe the parts removed were for use as patterns for his new-build parts, rather than the aircraft itself undergoing work as such. The new parts that I've seen (Ken has a workshop nearby) looked very nice.

[threeoneright]

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I forgot what the exact designation was for the prop, but it is different.
Michael

northstar blades.

[SCEPTER]

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Where were the photos taken Scepter?

South County airport

San Martin,Ca.

Those are some cool looking props on that one.

I've never seen a Mustang tied down next to Cessnas and Pipers.

[jdbradley]

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The first time I saw this Mustang was from pictures my father and Ritchie took of the plane in the summer of '84. It was in a barn in Oaklahoma (seriously) The tail had been removed in an accident.
This was the same year the first CF-BAU was lost after the engine quit just outside of Sudbury Ontario. BAU was lost to the post landing fire.
What was left I drove down in the back of the family pick-up. The engine, landing gear...and the tail section. The fire stopped just ahead of the black ADF anttena.
Ritchie bought the mustang, shipped it to Saskatoon and rebuilt it. With the tail section from the first BAU.
Later that summer my father bought the second "BAU". It was the mustang with the name "OLD BOY" on the nose.

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Serial #: 44-72826
Construction #:
122-39285
Civil Registration:
N6344T
C-FBAU
N51YS
Model: P-51D-25NA
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
History:
Delivered to RCAF as 9563.
- BOC: June 7, 1947.
- SOC: Sept. 20, 1960.
James H. Defuria & Fred J. Ritts/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, Feb. 25, 1957-1960.
- Registered as N6344T.
- Stored in military configuration, Carberry, Manitoba, 1957-1962.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, May 10, 1960-1962.
- Ferried Carberry-Winnipeg-Elkhart, July 1962.
John Milton, Edwardsville, IL, May 4, 1964-1973.
Max & Danny Ramsay, Johnson, KS, Mar. 31, 1973-1978.
Thomas J. Watson, Stowe, VT, Jan. 4, 1978-1985.
Dennis J. Bradley/Canadian Warplane Heritage, Hamilton, Ontario, Mar. 1985-1991.
- Registered as C-FBAU. Steve C. Collins, Dunwoody, GA/Starke, FL, Nov. 4, 1991-2001.
- Registered as N51YS.
- Flew as 472826/Old Boy/TJ-W.
Marius Maxwell/Mikoyan LLC, Paducah, KY, May 1, 2002.


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[MUSNTCHIT]

Re: lonely Mustang

Very profound... thank you...RB