1963: N6168C, Plauche Electric, Lake Charles LA
1970: N6168C, Lefty Gardner, Mercedes TX - "Thunderbird" #25 - red/white/blue paint
1976: 1st Place in the Gold Unlimited Race at Reno
1994: N6168C, Lewis Shaw, "FF-704"
1999: N6168C, Lewis Shaw winner of Best P-51 at Sun N Fun, Lakeland, FL
2001: N6168C, EAA Oshkosh - Preservation Award. Congratulations!
2007: N6168C, At the GML with rockets and drop tanks
2011: May 6, N6168C, sale, Michael Malcolm, moved to Aspen Co
2011: Jun 07, N6168C, reg, Maggies Mixer LLC, Aspen CO
2011: Aug - full systems checkout at Dave Teeters in Salinas Ca
2011: Oct 13, N6168C, checked out and Flying again
2011: Oct 24, N6168C, landing incident at Hollister Ca. Left main collapsed, left wing tip damage and a prop strike.
- Repairs will be started right away - later changed to full restoration
2014: Nov 08, N6168C, engine-runs, painted as 357th FG P-51 "Weaver's Nude"
2015: Mar 10, N6168C, first-flight, Elliot Cross - test pilot
- congrats to Dave Teeters of Airmotive Specialties and owner Michael Malcolm
- she is beautiful - painted to honor Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Weaver
2023: Jun 30, N6168C, active/flying
The Last of the Wild Horses
P-51 Survivors book featuring images from Dick Phillips and John Dienst, with Mark Phillips.
To order, goto The Last of the Wild Horses. You can order online.
Price is $100 for pages and pages of P-51 Survivor history and photos. Over 2,500 photos!
The late Dick Phillips shared hundreds of his P-51 images with us at MustangsMustangs over the last 25 years. If you can, help support his life-long passion. I recently ordered my copy.
Thank you!
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