P-51 MUSTANG/44-72401
Serial #: 44-72401
Construction #: 122-38860
Civil Registration:
NX65453
N65453
N71LN
Construction #: 122-38860
Civil Registration:
NX65453
N65453
N71LN
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-72401, 19??.
- Surplussed at Walnut Ridge AFB, AR, July 1946.
Earl Ortman/Ortman-Mighton Aviation Co, Tulsa OK, July 1946.
- Registered as NX65453.
- Flew as racer #2.
M.W. Lee, Fairbrother, 1947-1949.
- Registered as N65453.
- Flew as racer #21.
Jim Cook, Scottsbluff, NE, 1955-1956.
- Used in cloud seeding ops.
Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota, FL, 1962-1964.
- Registered as N71LN.
Cavalier Aircraft Corp, Sarasota, FL, 1966-1970.
Lindsay Newspapers Inc, Sarasota, FL, 1972.
David B. Lindsay, King City, CA, 1983-1987.
- Stored.
Removed from civil register by October 1983.
- Surplussed at Walnut Ridge AFB, AR, July 1946.
Earl Ortman/Ortman-Mighton Aviation Co, Tulsa OK, July 1946.
- Registered as NX65453.
- Flew as racer #2.
M.W. Lee, Fairbrother, 1947-1949.
- Registered as N65453.
- Flew as racer #21.
Jim Cook, Scottsbluff, NE, 1955-1956.
- Used in cloud seeding ops.
Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota, FL, 1962-1964.
- Registered as N71LN.
Cavalier Aircraft Corp, Sarasota, FL, 1966-1970.
Lindsay Newspapers Inc, Sarasota, FL, 1972.
David B. Lindsay, King City, CA, 1983-1987.
- Stored.
Removed from civil register by October 1983.
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.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
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Research Assistance:
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Research Assistance:
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