1944: rep.- USAAF 15AF 52FG 5FS
1959: Aug 28, Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota FL
1967: Indonesia as F-344
1978: recovered, Stephen Johnson / Vanpac Carriers, Oakland CA
1981: Jul 16, N8064V, Al Letcher, Mojave CA, restored
1981: Apr 22, first flight, "Singapore Sally"
1984: Apr 14, N151D, Steve Seghetti, Vacaville CA, began full restoration
1987: Apr 23, first flight, restoration complete
1989: Apr 25, broken gear landing at Travis AFB CA - gear would not lock in down position.
1994: rebuilt after landing accident, Vacaville CA, "Sparky", race #44
1995: temporary paint as a "Red Tail" for Tuskegee Airmen movie by HBO
1997: Brant's first year as Unlimited Pilot of "Sparky" Race #44
Race #44, a Reno regular, flown by Brant Seghetti
2004: New Reno Sponsor: Jelly Belly
2005: Bronze racer, nice group of people, come by and say hi.
2007: Sept, I was able to catch a few legs to the GML in the back of Sparky with Brant flying. I had a ton of fun and want to thank Brant for putting up with me shifting from to side to side taking photos of the other P-51s in the flight.
2008: New P-51 civi-paint stripes along with the jelly beans
2008: Sep, Steven Hinton Jr qualifies and races Sparky this year. Brant also qualified in Sparky.
2016: New Paint! Beautiful new 4th FG paint as "Blondie"
2019: Oct 23, N151D, Brant Seghetti, Vacaville CA
2023: Sep 09, N151D, Brant Seghetti, Vacaville CA
The Last of the Wild Horses
P-51 Survivors book featuring images from Dick Phillips and John Dienst, with Mark Phillips.
To order, goto The Last of the Wild Horses. You can order online.
Price is $100 for pages and pages of P-51 Survivor history and photos. Over 2,500 photos!
The late Dick Phillips shared hundreds of his P-51 images with us at MustangsMustangs over the last 25 years. If you can, help support his life-long passion. I recently ordered my copy.
Thank you!
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