P-51 MUSTANG/44-73871
Serial #: 44-73871
Construction #: 122-40411
Civil Registration:
N7098V
D-FTSI
Construction #: 122-40411
Civil Registration:
N7098V
D-FTSI
Model(s):
P-51D-25NA Mustang
TF-51D
Name: Dream Girl
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2012
P-51D-25NA Mustang
TF-51D
Name: Dream Girl
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2012
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 9245.
- BOC: December 6, 1950.
- SOC: May 2, 1956.
- Reported crated at Whiteman Air Park, CA for Israel, 1959.
Delivered to IDFAF as ???, 1959.
Israel Aircraft Industries, 1964.
Pioneer Aero Service, Burbank, CA, June 22, 1964-1970.
- Registered as N7098V.
Cavalier Aircraft, Sarasota, FL, September 8, 1970-1978.
Albert McKinley, Hillsboro, OH, August 14, 1978.
Elmer Ward/Pioneer Aero Service, Chino, CA, 1990-1991.
- Restored Chino, CA as TF-51D.
- First flight 1991.
- Flew as 473871/TF-871.
Doug Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Biggin Hill, 1991-1996.
- Shipped to UK.
- First flight, Biggin Hill, March 19, 1992.
Ice Strike Corp, Dover, DE, February 22, 1996.
- Reregistered as N7098V.
Mustang Air Inc, Wilmington, DE, September 5, 1996-2006.
- Flown as Stephanie, later Miss Stephanie.
- Based in Florida.
Meier Motors, Bremgarten, Germany, 2007-2012.
- Registered as D-FTSI.
- Flown as Dream Girl.
- BOC: December 6, 1950.
- SOC: May 2, 1956.
- Reported crated at Whiteman Air Park, CA for Israel, 1959.
Delivered to IDFAF as ???, 1959.
Israel Aircraft Industries, 1964.
Pioneer Aero Service, Burbank, CA, June 22, 1964-1970.
- Registered as N7098V.
Cavalier Aircraft, Sarasota, FL, September 8, 1970-1978.
Albert McKinley, Hillsboro, OH, August 14, 1978.
Elmer Ward/Pioneer Aero Service, Chino, CA, 1990-1991.
- Restored Chino, CA as TF-51D.
- First flight 1991.
- Flew as 473871/TF-871.
Doug Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Biggin Hill, 1991-1996.
- Shipped to UK.
- First flight, Biggin Hill, March 19, 1992.
Ice Strike Corp, Dover, DE, February 22, 1996.
- Reregistered as N7098V.
Mustang Air Inc, Wilmington, DE, September 5, 1996-2006.
- Flown as Stephanie, later Miss Stephanie.
- Based in Florida.
Meier Motors, Bremgarten, Germany, 2007-2012.
- Registered as D-FTSI.
- Flown as Dream Girl.
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, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2005.
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, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2005.
Photo Source(s):
Caz Caswell
Bill Scheuerman
Dick Phillips - Warbird Images.
Research Assistance:
None
Caz Caswell
Bill Scheuerman
Dick Phillips - Warbird Images.
Research Assistance:
None