1959: Aug 28, Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota FL
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1967: Indonesia as F-344
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1978: recovered, Stephen Johnson / Vanpac Carriers, Oakland CA
1981: Jul 16, N8064V, Al Letcher, Mojave CA, restored
1981: Apr 22, N8064V, first flight, "Singapore Sally"
1984: Apr 14, N151D, Steve Seghetti, Vacaville CA, began full restoration
1987: Apr 23, N151D, first flight, restoration complete
1989: Apr 25, N151D, broken gear landing at Travis AFB CA - gear would not lock in down position.
1994: N151D, rebuilt after landing accident, Vacaville CA, "Sparky", race #44
1995: N151D, temporary paint as a "Red Tail" for Tuskegee Airmen movie by HBO
1997: N151D, Brant's first year as Unlimited Pilot of "Sparky" Race #44
Race #44, a Reno regular, flown by Brant Seghetti
2004: N151D, New Reno Sponsor: Jelly Belly
2005: N151D, Bronze/Silver racer, nice group of people, come by and say hi.
2007: Sep, N151D, I was able to catch a few legs to the GML in the back of Sparky with Brant flying. I had a ton of fun and want to thank Brant for putting up with me shifting from to side to side taking photos of the other P-51s in the flight.
2008: N151D, New P-51 civi-paint stripes along with the jelly beans
2008: Sep, N151D, Steven Hinton Jr qualifies and races Sparky this year. Brant also qualified in Sparky.
2016: N151D, New Paint! Beautiful new 4th FG paint as "Blondie"
2019: Oct 23, N151D, Brant Seghetti, Vacaville CA
2023: Sep 09, N151D, Brant Seghetti, Vacaville CA
2025: Oct 19, N151D, active/flying
2026: Feb 11, N151D, active/flying, KIWA Mesa Gateway AZ
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108 Images of 44-72777 N151D "Blondie" on file
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