Flying Review International, October 1963

Tulio · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:05 am **Posts:** 3236

Tonight, going through my books, I found a bound volume of "Flying Review International" (Vol. 19 No.1, Oct. 1963)

Page 3 has the photo of Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate.

What happened to it? Survives?

Page 32, has this shot of 2 x P-51Ds, reportedly owned at the time by two Seattle business partners, who used the Mustangs to commute to California.

Do these Mustangs survive?

Saludos,

Tulio

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

The Ki-84 was the Ed Maloney/Air Museum airframe, currently back in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84

N2869D http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/su ... l/44-84390

N5482V (Interesting placement of the N#.) http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/su ... l/44-73343

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:39 am

Have a look at this (if the link works).

69D finished first at the very first Reno, flown by Bob Love.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=be ... &FORM=VIRE

Tulio · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:05 am **Posts:** 3236

Thank you, guys!

Excellent video, and good information.

Saludos,

Tulio

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:37 am

Tks Neal! This is a GREAT historical video if you consider the warbird industry overall!!!!!

Quote:

Have a look at this (if the link works).

69D finished first at the very first Reno, flown by Bob Love.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=be ... &FORM=VIRE

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:36 pm

There was a very active warbird scene up there in the sixties and seventies. Ben Hall, in the second Mustang, was an active racer in the early years of the Reno era, and later built up the well known F-86A. Lyford's airplane (later known as "The Bardahl Special" and later "Challenger"), seems to have been 25 mph faster than the other Mustang racers of the mid sixties and pioneered several features that have been crucial in the development of faster Mustangs. Merlin guru Dwight Thorne got started by working on the airplane and I believe that engineer/photographer Jim Larsen also worked with Lyford. Radiator spray bars for cooling were first used on this airplane -- a stock Mustang cannot run much power for a whole race without spray bars. Lots of interesting people and airplanes.

The Haskin brothers knew many of these folks through Brad's hydroplane connections. Maybe he'll chime in. Sledge39 has many photos of the era, including Lyford's Mustang. I'd be interested in seeing and hearing their memories of the Seattle scene and the early Reno racing scene.

Neal

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:49 pm

Here's another (poor quality but very interesting) video of Air Racing in 1965. It features 69D and Ben Hall as well as a lot of other great sixties warbird stuff (is that the the Planes of Fame B-17 at 4:40 or so?).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymkF7Eu_ElA

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

Looks like it, http://warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-4483684.html

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:57 pm

Yep - probably the only flying B-17 wearing combat colors back then:

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JohnB · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:50 pm

Considering its triangle A markings, could if be POF's "Piccadilly Lily" in "Twelve O'Clock High" TV markings?
She was airworthy back then.

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