P-51 I've been wondering about...
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:48 pm
Does anyone on this board know anything about this aircraft:
http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql.asp?NNumbertxt=74190?
Thanks,
Ryan
http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/nnumsql.asp?NNumbertxt=74190?
Thanks,
Ryan
Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:03 pm
Hmmmm...
Soooo, any ideas exactly where I might find that or contact the owner? I'd like to find a P-51 nearby to take some pictures of.
Ryan
Soooo, any ideas exactly where I might find that or contact the owner? I'd like to find a P-51 nearby to take some pictures of.
Ryan
Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:56 pm
Still at Breckenridge, isn't it? There was a guy in San Antonio, TX rebuilding a P-51D by the name of Bruce Morehouse. Moved to Celeste,TX more recently. Is that far from "The Alamo?"RyanShort1 wrote:Hmmmm...
Soooo, any ideas exactly where I might find that or contact the owner? I'd like to find a P-51 nearby to take some pictures of.
Ryan
T J
vlado
Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:46 pm
Morehouse has the distinction of having bailed out of a F8U twice. FWIH, no other NAV pilots have done that.
Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:51 pm
Ryan,
I heard that this Mustang was sold to and shipped to your neck of the woods. Celeste is by Greenville, right? I saw one of Bruce's Mustangs in a jig in Sherman, Texas a few years ago. I took a few pictures of this A/C at Nelson's. Wish it was in my garage. Bill Hubb's Mustang is at Nelson's and there are two at Addison, Shaw's & Cavanaugh's.
Cheers,
Lynn
I heard that this Mustang was sold to and shipped to your neck of the woods. Celeste is by Greenville, right? I saw one of Bruce's Mustangs in a jig in Sherman, Texas a few years ago. I took a few pictures of this A/C at Nelson's. Wish it was in my garage. Bill Hubb's Mustang is at Nelson's and there are two at Addison, Shaw's & Cavanaugh's.
Cheers,
Lynn
51s
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:29 pm
Morehouse has sold both of his projects and are no longer in Texas.
P51
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:04 pm
What about N5482V, 44-73343
Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:48 pm
One of the Morehouse P-51Ds (STILL REGISTERED TO HIM) was N5482V, the pretty P-51D that Mike Loening groundlooped after a blown engine while leading the first couple of laps of the 1971 Reno Air Races Championship Unlimited race. Various sources have said it was rebuilt at Chino and destroyed in 1987.
I have never seen a photo of it after the rebuild from the race accident. Does anyone have one? What were the details of the later crash?
I have never seen a photo of it after the rebuild from the race accident. Does anyone have one? What were the details of the later crash?
Re: What about N5482V, 44-73343
Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:41 am
Hi Leroy, you mean this one?L. Thompson wrote:One of the Morehouse P-51Ds (STILL REGISTERED TO HIM) was N5482V, the pretty P-51D that Mike Loening groundlooped after a blown engine while leading the first couple of laps of the 1971 Reno Air Races Championship Unlimited race. Various sources have said it was rebuilt at Chino and destroyed in 1987.
I have never seen a photo of it after the rebuild from the race accident. Does anyone have one? What were the details of the later crash?
The only 51 to my knowledge which crashed in 1987 was Wayne Meylan's N3278D. It was rebuilt at Chino, but it was actually 44-73423 ex-N5465V. Don't think Morehouse ever finished any of the projects. A friend of mine in CA was involved in obtaining one of those a/c Morehouse had, and shipped it out west to the new owner!
T J