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44-13257 N51DL
Lindair Inc., Sarasota FL
P-51 Survivor 44-13257 N51DL
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-5NA
Conversion:
Prototype Cavalier Mustang II
Serial #: 44-13257
Registry: N51DL
.. past:   N4222A
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History: 44-13257 N51DL
1944: Manufactured as a P-51D-5A AF S/N 44-13257 (NAA S/N 109-26890)
1944 Dec, Modified by NAA for high speed research.
1944: NACA, NACA 108 - dive tests until 1949
1957: Nov, sold surplus, N4222A, Charles Snydor
1959: May, N4222A, Trans-Florida Aviation, Sarasota, Fl
1959-67: Stored
1967: Dec 07, N4222A, Remanufactured, Cavalier Mustang II prototype.
1968: Weapons testing at Apalachicola, FL.
1968-71: Chase plane for "Enforcer" project.
1972: N51DL, Lindsay Newspapers Inc, Sarasota FL
1980: N51DL, Lindair Inc, Sarasota FL

(Thanks to Ed Lindsay for the history)

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25 Images of   44-13257   N51DL   on file
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Image Credits:
  Dick Phillips   Warbird Images  
  Alejandro Ibargüen S    
  Dan Linn    
  Zane Adams    
  Hermann de Ridder    
  Curtis Fowles   MustangsMustangs  
  Bob Lindsay    
  Christophe Haentjens    
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