| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-25NT |
| Serial #: | 44-84961 |
| Transfered: |
44-73053 |
| Registry: | N7715C |
| .. past: | |
1958: Feb, sold surplus McClellan AFB
1958: Feb, N7715C, Capitol Airways, Nashville TN
1964: July, sale, N7715C, Charles Willis / Frank Lynott / Charles Hall, Seattle WA
1964: Nov 21, crash, forced landing - loss of engine oil, Enumclaw WA
1964: N7715C, Charles Hall, San Diego CA, racer #5, green/grey with yellow rudder
1967: modified racer #5 "Miss RJ"
1971: July, sale, N7715C, Gunther Balz, Kalamazoo MI, more modifications, "Roto-Finish"
1973: October, sale, N7715C, John Sliker, Wadley GA
1974: Feb, sale, N7715C, Ed Browning, Idaho Falls ID, rebuilt highly modified racer, Griffon engine, contra-rotating 3-blade props #5 "Red Baron"
1979: world piston engine speed record of 499.08 mph
1979: Sep 16, crashed during race at Reno, aircraft destroyed, Steve Hinton suffered serious injuries
1980: N7715C, Richard Ransopher, Grapevine TX, wreck
1985: Sep 04, N7715C, Steve Hinton / Fighter Rebuilders, Chino CA, rebuild ex TNI-AU airframe as stock P-51,
"Wee Willy II", parts from 44-73053 adopted 44-84961
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Mike Shelton
Emil Strasser courtesy Warbird Aero Press
Ron Olson Ron's Archive
Gerald Liang courtesy Warbird Aero Press
Sid Roberts via Chris Luvara Stick and Rudder Photo
Scott Germain Warbird Aero Press
Anthony Taylor WarbirdFotos
Michael Hall
Curtis Fowles MustangsMustangs
Britt Dietz Warbird Photos
Emil Strasser courtesy Warbird Aero Press
Ron Olson Ron's Archive
Gerald Liang courtesy Warbird Aero Press
Sid Roberts via Chris Luvara Stick and Rudder Photo
Scott Germain Warbird Aero Press
Anthony Taylor WarbirdFotos
Michael Hall
Curtis Fowles MustangsMustangs
Britt Dietz Warbird Photos
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