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P-51 MUSTANG/44-72777

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Serial #: 44-72777
Construction #: 122-39236
Civil Registration:
  N8064V
  N151D
Model(s):
  P-51D-25NA Mustang
  Cavalier Mk. 2
Name: Sparky
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2022
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-72777.
  • Assigned to 52nd FG/5th FS/15th AF.
  • Flew as "Doc Watson"/MX-F.
Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota, FL, August 28, 1959-1967.
  • Assigned new serial number, 72-1537.
  • Rebuilt as Cavalier Mk. 2.
Delivered to Indonesian AF as F-344, 1967-1978.
Stephen Johnson/Vanpac Carriers, Oakland, CA, 1978.
Al Letcher, Mojave, CA, July 16, 1979-1984.
  • Registered as N8064V, April 1981.
  • Rebuilt, Mojave, CA.
  • First flight April 22, 1981.
  • Flew as "Singapore Sally".
Steve Seghetti, Vacaville, CA/Klamath Falls, OR, April 14, 1984-2008.
  • Registered as N151D.
  • Rebuilt, Vacaville, 1984-1987.
  • First flight April 23, 1987.
  • Damaged in landing accident, Vacaville-Nut Tree Airport, CA 1994.
  • Rebuilt, 1994.
  • Used in movie "Tuskegee Airmen", 1995.
  • Flown as 472777/"Sparky" (race #68).
Brant C. Sehjetti, Klamath Falls, OR, March 16, 2012-2022.
  • Flown as "Blondie" in 4th FG scheme.
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.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
MustangsMustangs.com.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner
Bob Campbell
Roger Cain Photography

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