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John Chapman
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by Dick Phillips
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Larry K. Daudt:
Was this airplane the one that Chuck Doyle flew on the efficiency run from
MKE to Reno. The Que is the chromed prop...
As I think about this airplane, I seem to remember a photo like this in the
Doyle archives somewhere. I believe that its N no was 77UP. That chromed
prop may very well have ended up on N151BP now owned by Bob Pond or maybe
that is 151BP. It would be the first P-51 that I flew.
Because of the chromed prop and all the bondo Doyle used, we called it the
lead sled.
Joe Scheil:
I admit that I cannot tell what Mustang this is, but it was taken at Trans Florida
Aviation in Feb 1965 if my guess is right, and the civil scheme Mustang behind is N151Q.
TFA was doing a big IRAN for the FAD at the time and I bet this Mustang was about to
go south, though not nessecarily for the FAD.
Thanks Larry and Joe. We do not know the identity of this one. Thanks for the clues.
Keep on it.
N77UP, 44-73856, now N7TF "Susie" owned by Friedkin.
N151Q, 44-74739, now N51RH "Ole Yeller" was rep. rebuilt by TFA in 1962 and again in 1967
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John Chapman:
After confering with my father (also John Chapman) who worked for
Cavalier Aircraft, he believes the plane in the
foreground to be N7724C, that became N3751D and later
F-AZAG and finally Charles Osborns "Hurry Home Honey"
The Mustang in the backround appears to N151Q whose
fusalge became "Ole Yeller", also according to my
father the wings from that aircraft now reside under
N51DL. Dad also said this area was set up North of the
hanger for the paint stripping operation after one of
the employees attempted to apply stripper inside the
hanger and nearly gassed eneryone.
Thanks John, good info.
We are going to leave this one open for another week or so,
please send in your responses.
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