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44-84390 N2869D "Bardahl Special"
ACV Group LLC,
P-51 Survivor 44-84390 N2869D
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-25NT
Serial #: 44-84390
Registry: N2869D
.. past:
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History: 44-84390 N2869D "Bardahl Special"
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

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Image Credits:
  United States Air Force    
  Emil Strasser   courtesy Warbird Aero Press  
  Gerald Liang   courtesy Warbird Aero Press  
  Dave Marshall    
  JT Kelley    
  Curtis Fowles   MustangsMustangs  
  Craig Jarmuz   Airliners.net  
  Larry Smigla    
  Dariusz Jezewski   FotoDJ  
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