| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-20NA |
| Conversion: |
TF-51 restoration |
| Serial #: | 44-63865 |
| Registry: | N151TF |
| .. past: | N6163U N51JK |
1944: Dec 8 Delivered to the 8th Air Force USAAF
1944: Rep. served 9th AF 354 FG, pilot Capt Henry Rudolph, coded FT J
1945: Apr 13 Sold to RSwAF as 26018, assigned to F16 rS, s18, rC, s14
1955: Sold to Nicaragua as GN 90
1963: Dec 6, N6163U, return US, Maco Sales Inc, Maco Sales listed N6163U as 44-63885
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1966: N6163U, PAAL Inc., East Point GA
1969: N6163U, Jack Kistler, Long Valley NJ, Chino CA
1973: N51JK, Jack Kistler
197?: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #47 - photo, but no records found - O.J. Kistler
197?: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #9 "Kistler Mustang" - reference to prior year 1979, but no records found - O.J. Kistler
1979: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #99 "Captain Jack's Wild Horse" - Qualified 21st @ 338 (Richard Doll) - Bronze 5th @ 284 - O.J. Kistler
1980: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #99 "Captain Jack's Wild Horse" - Qualified 16th @ 345 - Consolation 4th @ 360 - Richard Doll
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1998: Dec 28, N151TF, Classic American Aircraft Inc., Restoration as TF dual control Mustang
2004: N151TF, restoration continues in Chino
2006: N151TF, restoration debut at EAA Airventure, in primer. Repainted in August to "Tempus Fugit" and seen by many at the Reno Air Races.
2007: Jul 25, N151TF, North American Aircraft Inc, (not the original North American Aircraft Co)
2015: Sep 02, N151TF, sale, Triple Tree Aerodrome Inc, Woodruff SC
2022: Jul, N151TF, sale, Mickey Seeman, Jonesboro, AR
2023: Jan 07, N151TF, Capital Holdings 51P LLC
1944: Rep. served 9th AF 354 FG, pilot Capt Henry Rudolph, coded FT J
1945: Apr 13 Sold to RSwAF as 26018, assigned to F16 rS, s18, rC, s14
1955: Sold to Nicaragua as GN 90
1963: Dec 6, N6163U, return US, Maco Sales Inc, Maco Sales listed N6163U as 44-63885
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1966: N6163U, PAAL Inc., East Point GA
1969: N6163U, Jack Kistler, Long Valley NJ, Chino CA
1973: N51JK, Jack Kistler
197?: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #47 - photo, but no records found - O.J. Kistler
197?: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #9 "Kistler Mustang" - reference to prior year 1979, but no records found - O.J. Kistler
1979: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #99 "Captain Jack's Wild Horse" - Qualified 21st @ 338 (Richard Doll) - Bronze 5th @ 284 - O.J. Kistler
1980: Sep, N51JK, Reno Air Races - #99 "Captain Jack's Wild Horse" - Qualified 16th @ 345 - Consolation 4th @ 360 - Richard Doll
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1998: Dec 28, N151TF, Classic American Aircraft Inc., Restoration as TF dual control Mustang
2004: N151TF, restoration continues in Chino
2006: N151TF, restoration debut at EAA Airventure, in primer. Repainted in August to "Tempus Fugit" and seen by many at the Reno Air Races.
2007: Jul 25, N151TF, North American Aircraft Inc, (not the original North American Aircraft Co)
2015: Sep 02, N151TF, sale, Triple Tree Aerodrome Inc, Woodruff SC
2022: Jul, N151TF, sale, Mickey Seeman, Jonesboro, AR
2023: Jan 07, N151TF, Capital Holdings 51P LLC
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