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See here also:

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Just adding to this, I note that the attribution of "44-12962-A" to N51KJ is in error: on FAA paperwork it's clearly shown as 44-11962A (notably in a court judgement between John Barone, Thomas J Slaney, Barone-Slaney Partnership and William L Hane, Jerry Owens, Gerry Miles dba Mustang Ltd of 13 February 1989). Not sure if this helps since '11962 seems to be a P-51K which went to the RAF and was struck off charge in 1946

But at least it sets the record straight :)

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A Cavalier Mustang was built by the current Limited type certificate holder, Cal Pacific Airmotive, in 2019-2020. It became a newly built 44-74978, tail number NL74978. Ed Lindsay, son of David Lindsay of Trans Florida Aviation (original creator of the Cavalier Mustangs), flew it from CPA to the repair station I worked for at the time, APR Aviation. I did all of the final programming of the avionics.

From Salinas CA to Fresno CA in 24 minutes at a ground speed of 310 MPH.

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I have a copy of the Daily Olympian article of the crash, but I don't know how to post it to this page.

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This plane, CF-LOR was based out of the Oshawa Airport in Ontario for a couple of years around 1965-1966. My father got to know the pilot who referred to the plane as being “his”. I do not know about other people who may have owned a part interest in this plane. I understand the owner/pilot passed away suddenly and the plane was sold. I have many found memories of it flying out of Oshawa.

To David Rudd and Ron Mc Dougall, the plane you saw was flown by Mr. Hanu Halminen, recently deceased. It summered at his home south of Leskard Ontario where he had a private strip and hanger with other vintage aricraft. It was ex RCAF (as was CF-LOR) with the designation BA-S and tail number 9253.

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I just met Rodger Wolfe in Fallon Nevada this morning. He told me he used to owen a truck and a conestoga trailer. He then told me he used to owen a P-51 and a crop dusting business. He told me he raced the P-51 a couple times in the Reno Air Races and the California 1000. Very interesting older gentleman. We talked for about an hour. Roger is still alive and excited about life

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Hate to share this awful news, but the current owner & pilot Dan Fordice, and this airframe 44-74977 were lost yesterday, May 12th, 2026 in an accident in Vicksburg, MS. He was not only a huge presence in the warbird community, but a good soldier and a friend to many. Please keep his family in your thoughts.

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If it was the original Royal Dutch Airforce plane H-338, it was flown at one time by Pier Van Der Laan.
(my uncle) I have a photo of him flying it!

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The Cavalier Tail wasn't developed by TransFlorida/Cavalier.
It 1st appeared on a P-51B late in WWII as North American worked to improve Very High Speed Stability on the Mustang. The Triangle Dorsal Fillet was a previous improvement incorporated.
NACA incorporated the Tall Tail Mod on a Fleet of P-51s used for R&D High Speed Research. Was used as a flying Wind Tunnel by bolting Test Items to the top of the wing over the Gun Bay. This area had alum plates shaped and bolted onto the top of the wing over the gun bay. At A/C speed of Mach .8-.82 the airflow over that part of the upper wing would go Supersonic. The Tall Tail helped with stability at the very high speeds.
The NACA P-51s were sold surplus in 1958 IIRC. Lindsey ended up with one and copied the tall tall mod as an upsale item. That Airframe was the 4th P-51D-5 produced and was kept by NAA for developement work. It ended up with NACA.
There are 2 othe NACA P-51D survivors I know of. One is also flying up in Idaho. The other ended up with Mike Couches and today is in storage with his son.
This who case may then be one of these I mentioned. Of them, two went to Civil Buyers in the late 50s. The one in Idaho was displayed at Reading Airport and then Pittsburgh before being acquired in a trade in the early 90s and restored.