1948: USAF "PF-390" stationed Stewart AFB, NY
1963: N2869D, Charles Lyford, WA
1964: Sep 15, Reno (Sky Ranch) Race #8 - "Bardahl Special" piloted by Bob Love
1967: Sep 15, Reno (Stead Field) Race #8, clipped wings and horizontal, piloted by Chuck Lyford
1978: N2869D, Life Science Church, San Diego CA
1979: worked on at Chino - blue camo paint, yellow rudder, coded "JE H"
1981: N2869D, Charles Hall, San Diego CA, racer #3
1982: N2869D, Bruce Ellis, San Diego CA
1983: N2869D, Doug Driscoll, American Falls ID, "Section Eight"
2003: N2869D, accident, aircraft slid off runway after hard landing due to over-heating coolant on windscreen
2006: restoration complete and looking very nice
2022: Feb 28, N2869D, ACV Group LLC, McKinleyville CA
Plans to race at Reno Air Races 2022 as "Bardahl Special"
2022: Sep 09, landed Stead Field Reno NV painted white w/ "Bardahl Special" painted on the cowling - very cool.
2023: Sep 17, Reno Air Races Unlimited Champion, Steven Hinton Pilot, very fast super-stocker
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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