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Lynn Allen, John Harjo
photo by John Harjo, Minter Field
via Dick Phillips
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Readers' Responses:
Lynn Allen II:
My Guess is the late Bill Speer and and De Ja Vu...
William Yoak:
This looks like the Mustang that was owned by Max Ramsey. It underwent a
lengthy restoraion at what was Unlimited Aircraft Ltd. from approx. 1975-1983
at Chino, CA. This photo closely resembles Ramsey's Mustang shortly after it
was completed in late '82 or early '83 prior to it receiving a paint job.
Walter Bagdasarian:
That P-51 is the Late Bill Speers "Pegasus"
Before it was painted.
This is a P-51 that was owned by Bill Speer. But which one of the P-51s owned
by Speer? This photo was taken in April of 1993 at Minter Field, CA.
MM.com
Here is a larger image ... Good Luck!
John Harjo:
that's my photo of Bill Speers's N51U, Deja Vu at Minter Field in April 1993,
that I sent to Dick Phillips back then. There's no mystery here, it definitely
is Speers's airplane, which of course was destroyed Sept 13, 1994 at Reno.
I believe this was its' first airshow appearance. I always thought it was
bad karma to call it "Deja Vu" when they used George Enhorning's registration
for the new airplane, and sure enough, almost four years after Enhorning's
fatal crash in Passion Wagon Speers was also killed.
P-51D 44-74204, N51U registered to George Enhorning, painted as "Passion
Wagon", crashed and was destroyed in Cape Cod, MA on the 29th of September
1990 - Enhorning was killed.
After Speer's crash, a partial restoration was started. The fuselage was
completed or nearly completed. The project, owned by the late Keith
Schell (sp?), was put up for sale by the estate in 2001.
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| Dan |
October 27, 2008 at 21:09:41 |
| I'm not sure if many people know this, but George was not alone in that crash in 1990. An unlucky winner at the Miss Eelgrass festival in Chatham won a raffle for a free ride(I was 9yrs old, and was upset that I didn't win). Upon landing, the prop shaft shattered, sending George and his passenger into the trees about 100yds. before the runway. Very sad for their families. |
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