Readers' Responses:
Dave Lindauer:
Clearly one of the Mustangs flown in HBO's "The Tuskeegee Airmen" during
1995, but which one? Choices:
Dan Martin's 44-72483 N151DM, "Ridge Runner III"
Steve Seghetti's 44-72777 N151D, "Sparky" (ex "Singapore Sally")
Jimmy Leeward's 44-84615 NL55JL, "Cloud Dancer"
DK Warbirds' 45-11558, N514DK "The Healer" (then owned by Joe Kasparoff).
All of these have carried 44-72xxx serials at one time or another, so that's
no help. "Cloud Dancer" doesn't have a radio antenna mast, so that leaves
three.
I'm not certain, but my guess is that we're looking at Steve Seghetti's
"Singapore Sally."
Lynn A. Allen II:
My guess is Jimmy Leeward or maybe Dan Martin during the making of The
Tuskeegee Airman.
Eric Martin:
This photo was taken during the filming of the Tuskegee airmen for HBO films,
and it's either Steve Seghetti, Jimmy Leeward, or Dan Martin.
Larry Smigla:
this appears to be sparky, number 44 owned by steve seghetti and flown by his
son brant seghetti. steve lives in klamath falls oregon and brant lives in
vacaville california, painted in tuskegee airmen markings for the hbo movie,
tuskegee airmen, flown i believe by either art vance or dan martin. a/c based
at the infamous nut tree airport in vacaville california, races at reno as 44
and 68 sparky, once painted as top cover, former world war ii combat aircraft
with confirmed kills, a/c registered as n151d
Vlado Lenoch:
Looks like Leeward sitting inside the movie plane.
Everyone knew it was from the HBO movie but we cut out the last digits of
the call number on the tail, because that would be much too simple. And
who is in the cockpit? It is Art Vance flying Steve Seghetti's N151D.
Case Closed!
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