Who Case: 393
My father, Dr. Thomas A. Drummond of Ridgecrest, Ca. , was the first to purchase this P51 from surplus in the early 1960's. He painted it baby blue color, and named her "The Blue Goose".

Who Case: 433
I remember seeing this bird in an article on the NACA Mustangs from years ago. Not 100% sure, but from memory I think it is the Coutches family 44-84864 N4223A.

Who Case: 433
HINT: To my knowledge, this P-51 was never at the Cavalier facility in Florida nor did it receive any Cavalier modifications. Rich is very warm. This P-51 exists today.

Who Case: 119
TESTING Foobar Sep 19 2026

9/19/26

Who Case: 104
My father and I both worked at Bruce manufacturing. We both got to meet George. He was a very nice man. I always wanted to fly and I remember going into the store room at the factory. I was 16 then. 1976. There was what I thought a "Spitfire" in pieces. It may have been another plane but I was not very versed in plane identification at that time. Engine and wings with bullet holes in it and a good part of the fuselage. I used to sneak back there and look and dream. I loved those old planes.
I'm wondering now if it was the P-51.
My dad and I felt very bad when we heard about the crash. George and Earnie were good guys. They treated my dad and everyone decently.

Who Case: 394
I washed THAT P51 weekly for $10 and Marv's Aero Commander for $35 in about 1963. Whiteman was making small cement mixers at the time. The Mustang was maroon with a gold thunderbolt trim. I used their wax "Plane Glow" to wax both planes monthly. I believe I got $35 and $65 for the wax jobs. I'd love to see a photo of the maroon plane.

Who Case: 93
My great uncle was Fred H Johnson, who owned this P51 in the early 60's. i remember him telling me stories about flying the P-51 under bridges of the Ohio river, doing aerobatic tricks and even buzzing his neighbors. he was my great uncle, so these are stories i heard directly from him when i was growing up. ill try to track down some old pictures and share on here.

Who Case: 28
See here also:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55431437352_6f126005c2_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55431437347_239054294b_b.jpg

Who Case: 28
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 :)

Who Case: 82
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.