P-51 MUSTANG/44-74950
Serial #: 44-74950
Construction #: 122-41490
Civil Registration:
N5464V
N511D
N20JS
N7496W
NL51DT
Construction #: 122-41490
Civil Registration:
N5464V
N511D
N20JS
N7496W
NL51DT
Model: P-51D-30-NA Mustang
Name: Slender, Tender & Tall
Status (as of 2010): Airworthy
Last Info: 2011
Name: Slender, Tender & Tall
Status (as of 2010): Airworthy
Last Info: 2011
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-74950, 19??.
Registered as N5464V by ???, 19??.
Melvyn Paisley, Great Falls, MT, 1963.
- Registered as N511D
Mustang Pilots Club, Van Nuys, CA, 1963-1972.
- Crashed and destroyed, near Palmdale, CA, August 25, 1971.
-- Suffered structural failure in flight (left wing seperated) during aerobatics.
ID transferred to CA-18/CN: 1500
John P. Silberman, Key West & Tampa, FL, 1976-1984.
- Registered as N20JS
- Flew as Black Cat.
Selby R. Burch, Winter Garden, FL, November 1984-1993.
- Registered as N7496W
Dick Thurman/RDT Aviation Corp, Louisville, KY, 1993-1995.
Dick Thurman/Vintage Warbirds Inc., Louisville, KY, 1995-1999.
- Registered as NL51DT
Thomas Blair/Spitfire USA Ltd, Potomac, MD, August 25, 1999-2011.
- Based in Kissimee, FL.
- Flown as 414812/HO-T/Slender, Tender & Tall.
Registered as N5464V by ???, 19??.
Melvyn Paisley, Great Falls, MT, 1963.
- Registered as N511D
Mustang Pilots Club, Van Nuys, CA, 1963-1972.
- Crashed and destroyed, near Palmdale, CA, August 25, 1971.
-- Suffered structural failure in flight (left wing seperated) during aerobatics.
ID transferred to CA-18/CN: 1500
John P. Silberman, Key West & Tampa, FL, 1976-1984.
- Registered as N20JS
- Flew as Black Cat.
Selby R. Burch, Winter Garden, FL, November 1984-1993.
- Registered as N7496W
Dick Thurman/RDT Aviation Corp, Louisville, KY, 1993-1995.
Dick Thurman/Vintage Warbirds Inc., Louisville, KY, 1995-1999.
- Registered as NL51DT
Thomas Blair/Spitfire USA Ltd, Potomac, MD, August 25, 1999-2011.
- Based in Kissimee, FL.
- Flown as 414812/HO-T/Slender, Tender & Tall.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration, 2011.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration, 2011.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Photo Source(s):
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group
Nigel Roling/Pentavia Digital Imaging
Caz Caswell.
David W Menard
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group
Nigel Roling/Pentavia Digital Imaging
Caz Caswell.
David W Menard