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Re: Barnes P-51 crash

Posted by Rob C on Fri Mar 15, 2002 01:08:50 AM

In reply top Re: Barnes P-51 crash posted by Paul Coggan on Fri Mar 08, 2002 05:25:41 AM

: from the Warbird Index --
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: Assigned RCAF as 9250 - boc 6Dec50 soc15Oct59 - Reg N9146
: R to Trans Florida Aviation, Sarasota FL 20May59-60 - tfd
: E. D. Weiner, Los Angeles CA 8Nov60-61 - tfd Mario Villare
: al, El Paso TX Nov 61 - tfd El Paso Airmotive Inc, El Paso
: TX 7Dec61-65 tfd Southwest Air Rangers, El Paso TX 25.Mar
: 65 -tfd Harold Barlow, Los Angeles CA 27Mar65-66 - tfd Hay
: nes McLellan and John Percival, Tracy CA Oct66-70 - tfd Ro
: ger Wolfe, Fallon NV raced as No.12 Nov70-72 - reg N5747
: to Mustang Pilots Club, Beverley Hills CA 7Sep72-77 - acc
: damaged wheels-up landing, Mojave CA Oct74 - in U.K. on vi
: sit 15Jun77, returned USA 7July77 - acc forced landing due
: in-flight fire, Bakersfield Air Park, CA 9Oct77 - 78 - R
: ebuilt using Philippine AF mainplane, ff c1980 - Rreg N51M
: P to Mustang Pilots Club, Los Angeles CA Jan78 -80 - acc c
: rashed and dest., Lancaster CA 4Oct80. - id tfd William A.
: Speer, La Mesa CA - raced as No.56 Jul91-93 - id tfd to
: rebuild based on ex Indonesian TNI-AU airframe - Sold to F
: rance ex Chino CA Feb93 - Rreg F-AZJM to Christophe Jacqua
: rt of Mustang Warbird Ltd/Flying Legend Association, Dijon
: -Longvic, France 8Jun93 - sold Yankee Delta Aviation 1997
: - sold and rreg HB- acc crashed Gothard Pass 11Sep98
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: Hope this is of interest
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: regards
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: Paul
I am chagrined to say that me dear old pops was responsible for the gear up landing in 1974. And lest there be any doubt, the airplane was COMPLETELY destroyed while flown by my former boss, Bill Barnes. Speculation was that the main coolant line burst and filled the cockpit with hot coolant, but not sure how this was determined. Anything after that would be a tansfer of paperwork to another airframe.

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