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44-84658 N51TF "The Friendly Ghost"
John Macquire, Santa Teresa NM
P-51 Survivor 44-84658 N51TF
Status: Display
NAA Type: P-51D-25NT
Conversion:
TF-51 restoration
Serial #: 44-84658
Registry: N51TF
.. past:   N851D (#1)
  rep N7724C (1959)
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History: 44-84658 N51TF "The Friendly Ghost"
1958: Feb 20, BOC, Nicaragua AF GN99
1959: Jul 13, swap, P-51 parts for TF-51, Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota FL
1959: Sep 01, N851D (#1), reg, Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota FL
1959: Oct 13, N851D, rebuilt, wings/engine/prop from N51Q 44-73584 - TT 475 hrs
1964: May 25, N851D, transfer, Mustang Aircraft Corp, Sarasota FL
1965: Jul 13, N851D, transfer, Cavalier Aircraft Corp, Sarasota FL
1967: Jul 28, N851D, transfer, David B Lindsay Jr, Sarasota FL
1967: Aug 31, N851D, modified, NACA tail installed
1971: May 21, N851D, sale, USAF, Kelly AFB TX
197?: export, Indonesia AF F-361, (also rep. as F-360)
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1978: recovered, Stephen Johnson, Oakland CA
1979: sale, John MacGuire, El Paso TX
1983: rebuilt, as TF-51
1985: N51TF, reg, John MacGuire, Fort Hancock TX, "Friendly Ghost" - War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa NM

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