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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:F-51D Mustang
    Last Military Serial:45-11430 USAF
    Construction Number:124-48192
    Last Civil Registration:N51HY
    Compressed ID:NA F-51D sn 45-11430 USAF cn 124-48...
    Latest Owner or Location:Quicksilver P-51 Airshows Llc, Las Vegas, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-25-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-11439.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 45-11430.

    1948

    Redesignated as F-51D.

    28 September 1948

    Transferred to 140 FW, 191 FS.

    To Norton M. Smith, Seattle WA with new c/r N5071K.

    11 May 1961

    Crashed.
    Aircraft destroyed.

    From 1993 to 2007

    To Bill Yoke, Lewisburg WV keeping c/r N5071K.
    Purchased as restoration project.

    1993

    Restoration started.

    14 July 1998

    To Hunter Barbara, Lewisburg, WV with new c/r N51HY.

    2007

    Restoration completed.

    6 April 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL51HY (P-51D, 45-11439) issued.

    Markings Applied: Quick Silver

    6 June 2007

    To Rancho Linda Vista Llc, Lewisburg, WV keeping c/r N51HY.

    15 March 2008


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Scott (Scooter) Yoak and NL51HY at the Tico Warbird Airshow, Titusville FL

    13 March 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow, Titusville FL

    8 July 2010

    To Rancho Linda Vista Llc, Maxwelton, WV keeping c/r N51HY.

    To Quick Silver, Greenbrier Valley Airport, Lewisburg, WV.
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    By 11 February 2011

    Markings Applied: Quick Silver

    11 February 2011


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: TICO Airshow, Titusville, FL.

    5 November 2011


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Warriors and Warbirds Airshow, Monroe NC

    12 April 2012


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Shaw AFB Air Expo, Sumter County SC

    4 May 2012


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Air Expo, Shaw AFB SC

    23 August 2014


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Waterloo, IA

    5 May 2016

    To Quicksilver P-51 Airshows Llc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N51HY.

    15 March 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Space Coast Warbird Airshow, Titusville, FL.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Scott Yoak
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