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44-63634 N551JP "Big Beautiful Doll"
Walter Bagdasarian,
P-51 Survivor 44-63634 N551JP
Status: Crashed / Wreckage Stored
NAA Type: P-51D-20NA
Serial #: 44-63634
Adopted:
44-85634
Registry: N551JP
.. past:   N6165U
  N151GB
  N51JV
  N51ES
  N6149U
  N2114
  N351BD
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History: 44-63634 N551JP "Big Beautiful Doll"
44-63634:
1944: Nov 29, accepted USAAF
1948: Swedish AF Fv26121
1952: forced landing, engine failure
1955: Fv26121 rep. to Nicaragua as GN 93
- also possibly Nicaraguan GN 96, N6149U, N2114, both reg as 44-63634
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1965: Nov 09, N2114, Guglielmo Silini, Springfield IL, reg as 44-63634
1968: Apr 21, N2114, crashed Springfield IL. Forced gear up landing, engine coolant leak, engine failure
1968: written off
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1963: Sep 23, sold to US, N6165U, MACO Sales / Will Martin, rep. as parts
- rep. from GN 93
- no evidence of N6165U being ferried back to U.S.
1964: Jun 20, N6165U, reg, Maco Sales Financial Corporation, Palos Park IL
- Bill of Sale - signed by Lt. Col. G.N. Commandant of the Air Force (Nicaragua)
- sale/reg as 44-85634
1964: Jun 28, N6165U, sale, Dogwood Inc / Robert Harlaub, Summit NJ
1964: Jul 28, N6165U, sale, Flight-Med Inc, Summit NJ, same address as Dogwood Inc
1966: Mar 17, N6165U, sale, Tom Kuchinsky, Menomonee Falls WI
1967: Apr 4, N6165U, ground-looped, Hartford WI
1968: flew as N6165U
1968: N6165U, raced at Reno #18 - light blue w/ dark blue stripe down center
1969: flew as N6165U
1969: Jul 15, N6165U, sale, Vincent S. Hernandez, El Salvador
- Bill of Sale signed by Thomas Kuchinsky
- not registered in El Salvador
1969: Aug 28, N6165U, export, reg cancelled with FAA
- confiscated by US Federal Authorities - not exported
1970: Jul 18, N6165U, sale, Aviation Business Services Inc / Paul M. Aubin, Hollywood FL
- Bill of Sale from Vincent S. Hernandez, El Salvador
- registration still says 44-85634
1971: Mar 16, N6165U, sale, Dennis Sherman / Sherman Aircraft Sales, West Palm Beach FL
1971: Jul 02, N6165U, sale, Keith Mackey, Elizabeth NJ
1971: Aug 12, N6165U, sale, Air Sales Inc / Keith Mackey, Miami FL
1972: Oct 12, N6165U, sale, Georgia Bellanca Inc, Atlanta GA
1974: Mar 23, N6165U, sale, Max Ramsay, Ulysses KS
1979: N6165U, flown in camo paint
1979: Mar 24, N6165U, sale, Courtesy Aircraft Div, Rockford IL, month unclear on document
1979: Mar 30, N6165U, sale, Associated Enterprises Inc, Painesville OH
1979: Aug 19, N51JV, reg, Associated Enterprises Inc, Painesville OH
1980: Jul 25, N51JV, sale, Firebird Enterprises, Middlefield OH
- Firebird Enterprises - a division of - Ohio Associated Enterprises Inc
1991: Feb 21, N51JV, sale, Ed Shipley, Malvern PA
1992: Feb 07, N51ES, reg, Ed Shipley, Malvern PA
- restored Pacific Fighters / John Muszala as "Big Beautiful Doll"
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1993: Jul, N51ES, first-flight
1994: Dec 28, N51ES, sale, Laurie Shipley, Malvern PA
2003: Apr 04, N51ES, sale, Mike Henningsen, Atlantic IA
2003: Aug 20, N351BD, reg, Mike Henningsen, Atlantic IA
2014: Feb 12, N351BD, sale, Jeffrey Pino, Chandler AZ
2014: Sep 01, N351BD, modification
- dual controls installed (primary flight controls), Guthrie OK
2014: Oct 24, N351DB, gear-up landing - nice job by pilot/owner Jeffrey Pino
- repaired, Goss-Hawk Unlimited, Mesa AZ
- scoop repaired at Airmotive Specialties Inc. Salinas CA
2015: Aug 12, N551JP, first-flight
2015: Aug 19, N551JP, reg, Jeffrey Pino, Chandler AZ
2016: Feb 05, N551JP, crashed, 2 fatal - Jeffrey Pino and Passenger Nick Tramontano, Maricopa AZ
2018: Mar 26, N551JP, deregistration
2019: Mar 18, N551JP, sale, Walter Bagdasarian, La Mesa CA
2020: Apr 29, N551JP, project, for sale

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