| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-25NA |
| Serial #: | 44-74009 |
| Registry: | N51KB |
| .. past: | N6323T N988C |
1951: Jan 11, RCAF 9275
1957: Sep 17, RCAF SOC
1957: Feb 25, N6323T, James Defuria / Fred Ritts / Intercontinental Airways
1960: May 1, N988C, Aero Enterprises
1961: Jul 8, N988C, Suncoast Aviation, St. Petersburg FL
1962: Sep 29, N988C, A. Fasken, Midland TX
1963: May 1, N988C, Houston Aircraft Sales
1965: Apr 30, N988C, William Fiore, Clairton PA
1966: N988C, circa photo - white w/ fat orange Cavalierish stripes, N988C on side breaking stripe
1968: Feb 3, N988C, Frank Cannavo Jr, Lester PA
1969: Jun 26, N988C, Robert Shaver, Brigantine NJ
1979: N988C, Bob Ferguson, Wellesley MA
2001: Sep 17, N51KB, Bill McGrath, Nantucket MA, re-named "Kat Bird" and some new paint detail work.
- Flies regularly out of Nantucket, Ma (ACK) which is 30 miles off shore. Bill keeps land in reach, but airport is right next to the water, "keeps you focused".
2006: Jun 02, N51KB, reg, B&K Leasing Inc, Nantucket MA
2006: Sep 01, N51KB, sale, Mustang Pilots LLC, Wilmington DE
2013: Apr 08, N51KB, reg, Mustang Pilots LLC, Shoal Creek AL
2017: Sep 22, N51KB, reg, Mustang Pilots LLC, Knoxville TN
2024: Mar 02, N51KB, active/flying
1957: Sep 17, RCAF SOC
1957: Feb 25, N6323T, James Defuria / Fred Ritts / Intercontinental Airways
1960: May 1, N988C, Aero Enterprises
1961: Jul 8, N988C, Suncoast Aviation, St. Petersburg FL
1962: Sep 29, N988C, A. Fasken, Midland TX
1963: May 1, N988C, Houston Aircraft Sales
1965: Apr 30, N988C, William Fiore, Clairton PA
1966: N988C, circa photo - white w/ fat orange Cavalierish stripes, N988C on side breaking stripe
1968: Feb 3, N988C, Frank Cannavo Jr, Lester PA
1969: Jun 26, N988C, Robert Shaver, Brigantine NJ
1979: N988C, Bob Ferguson, Wellesley MA
2001: Sep 17, N51KB, Bill McGrath, Nantucket MA, re-named "Kat Bird" and some new paint detail work.
- Flies regularly out of Nantucket, Ma (ACK) which is 30 miles off shore. Bill keeps land in reach, but airport is right next to the water, "keeps you focused".
2006: Jun 02, N51KB, reg, B&K Leasing Inc, Nantucket MA
2006: Sep 01, N51KB, sale, Mustang Pilots LLC, Wilmington DE
2013: Apr 08, N51KB, reg, Mustang Pilots LLC, Shoal Creek AL
2017: Sep 22, N51KB, reg, Mustang Pilots LLC, Knoxville TN
2024: Mar 02, N51KB, active/flying
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