Who Case: 67
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.

Who Case: 202
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

Who Case: 227
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.

Who Case: 107
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!

Who Case: 152
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Who Case: 433
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.

Who Case: 406
I worked with Ray Hughes (who had planes at Olympia Airport and who had a son that worked at Olympia Airport), Ray got me into taking flying lessons back in early 1977 and he took me and my father (who also used to work with Ray) out to the airport and set up a deal where I was going to spend an entire weeks paycheck (I was a Carpenter Apprentice at the time) to pay for the fuel so I go could go for a ride in that P51D. I got to go look at it and was allowed to climb up into it and set in the pilots seat - talk about a rush. Anyway, I was supposed to go for a ride in it in about two weeks and unfortunately before I got to go for my ride it was crashed at the Olympia Airport. Rays son seen the crash. Anyway, always have had memories of that plane - if anyone has photos of the plane and copies of the newspaper article about the crash I'd sure be appreciative if they could email me copies?

Thanks,
George

Who Case: 331
I lived near the Amana, Iowa, airfield. We always knew when Doc was flying!

Who Case: 130
Can confirm this plane’s appearance in Bunny Yeager’s Nude Camera, 1963.

Who Case: 433
It looks like it has the taller Cavalier tail on it. Did the tall tail exist or was it common in 1959?