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44-74582 N51JT "Crusader"
Joe Thibodeau, Denver CO
P-51 Survivor 44-74582 N51JT
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-30NA
Serial #: 44-74582
Registry: N51JT
.. past:   N6524D
  N6329T
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History: 44-74582 N51JT "Crusader"
1950: Dec 06, RCAF 9253, No. 424 Squadron, Hamilton Ontario, coded BA S
1959: Aug 10, RCAF SOC
1958: Jul 21, N6524D, James Defuria / Intercontinental Airways
1960: N6329T, Aero Enterprises
1961: N6329T, A.G. Ainsworth / A-Mack Co, Luling TX
1963: Mar 13, N6329T, Landon Cullum, Wichita Falls TX
1984: N6329T, John Hooper, Harvey LA
1986: "Sumpn Else"
1988: N6329T, Robert Byrne, Bloomfield Hills MI
1991: Jan 8, N6329T, Joe Thibodeau, Denver CO
1996, 1997: attended Reno and raced in Bronze unlimited
2004: Sep 15, N51JT, Joe Thibodeau, Denver CO
2004: Reno Air Races - Joe Thibodeau qualified at 378 mph and finished 1st in Bronze at 408 mph - very respectable for a stock airframe. Thibodeau also races a Sea Fury.
2018: Reno Air Races - Welcome back!
2023: Dec 31, N51JT, active/flying

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