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44-74497 N51LW "Little Witch"
Ariel Luedi, Kissimmee FL
P-51 Survivor 44-74497 N51LW
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-30NA
Conversion:
TF-51 restoration
Serial #: 44-74497
Registry: N51LW
.. past:   N6320T (#2)
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History: 44-74497 N51LW "Little Witch"
1950: Nov 15, BOC, RCAF 9230, No. 420 Squadron, London Ontario
1960: Nov 01, SOC, RCAF 9230
1958: N6320T (#2), sale, James Defuria / Intercontinental Airways, Canastota NY
1960: N6320T, sale, Aero Enterprises, Elkhart IN
1962: Jan 15, N6320T, sale, Ralph Rensink, Lewiston ID
1962: Mar 10, N6320T, major-work, military gear removed, weight/balance, painted white/silver/red
1962: May 31, N6320T, inspection, TT 6112.20, SMOH 13.25
1963: Aug 26, N6320T, major-work, engine rebuilt
1966: Mar 26, N6320T, sale, Kenneth Neal, Medford OR
1969: Aug 02, crashed, Lancaster CA, fuel starvation
1970: Jan 26, N6320T, sale, Glen Cook, Seattle WA
1971: Sep 17, N6320T, sale, Mike Smith, Johnson KS, restoration
1971: March, first flight (no FAA records of work)
1972: Nov 14, N6320T, sale, I.N. Junior Burchinall, Paris TX
1973: Jan 03, N6320T, sale, Kent Jones, Dallas TX
1975: Nov 18, N6320T, sale, Johnny Rutherford Inc, Fort Worth TX
1979: Mar 22, N6320T, transfer, John Rutherford, Fort Worth TX
1979: Apr 27, N6320T, sale, Jimmie Hunt / A Hess Bomberger II, Fayetteville GA
1980: Jun 29, N6320T, transfer, Hunt / Bomberger / Heritage Aircraft Inc, Fayetteville GA, "Vergeltungswaffe", "QI B"
1998: May 27, N6320T, sale, A Hess Bomberger II, Atlanta GA
1998: May 29, N6320T, sale, Robert Jepson / Lady Alice Corp, Savannah GA, full TF-51 restoration
2002: restoration complete as "Little Witch"
2008: Apr 29, N6320T, sale, Open Cockpit LLC / James Goodwin, NY NY
2008: Dec 12, N51LW, reg, Open Cockpit LLC / James Goodwin, NY NY
2013: Sep 12, N51LW, sale, Ariel Frank Luedi, (Goodwin purchased Tom Blair's Slender Tender & Tall)
2021: Nov 02, N51LW, reg, TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE, N SLC UT
2023: Sep 26, flight ops, Kissimmee FL

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  Den Pascoe    
  Dick Phillips   Warbird Images  
  Neil Aird   deHavilland Beavers  
  Roger Baker    
  Eric Dumigan   website  
  Zane Adams    
  Bob Groenendijk   Airliners.net  
  Gary Chambers    
  Glenn Chatfield    
  Bob Garrard    
  John L. Dienst    
  James P. Church    
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  Shaun Troutman    
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