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45-11471 N51ZM "Diamondback"
Mustang High Flight LLC, Boise Id
P-51 Survivor 45-11471 N51ZM
Status: Flying
NAA Type: P-51D-30NT
Conversion:
TF-51D
Serial #: 45-11471
Registry: N51ZM
.. past:   N5481V
  N332
  N270MS
  N51VW
  N51UR
  P-51 Mustangs Survivors  
History: 45-11471 N51ZM "Diamondback"
N5481V
1962: N332, L.B. Maytag, Van Nuys CA
1963: N332, David Maytag, Colorado Springs CO
1964: Sep, N332, Harold's Club Transcontinental Trophy Dash - St. Petersburg FL to Reno NV
- #9 "On-Mark Special" 1st place 7:04 @ 340 - Wayne Adams
1965: Sep, N332, Harold's Club Transcontinental Trophy Dash - Clearwater FL to Reno NV
- #9 "Maytag Mustang" 3rd 6:49 @ 331 - Wayne Adams
1965: Sep, N332, Reno Air Races #9 "Maytag Mustang" - Qualified 7th @ 321 - Heat 3 DNF - Wayne Adams
1966: Sep, N332, Reno Air Races #9 "Maytag Mustang" - Qualified 4th @ 366 - Gold 4th DNF mayday lap 9 - prop control - Wayne Adams
1970: N332, David Zeuschel, Van Nuys CA
1979: N332, James Barkley, AZ
1979: Aug 21, crashed near Borrego Springs CA - Barkley killed / ac destroyed
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1984: Sep 09, sale, N332, Alan Preston Dallas TX
1984: built racer #84 "Stilleto" using this paperwork and parts from IDFAF 69 and IDFAF 28
1987: Sherman Aircraft Sales, West Palm Beach FL
1989: N332, Liberty Aero Corp / Museum of Flying, Santa Monica CA
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1995: TF conversion at Square One Aviation "Rajun Cajun"
1997: May, sale, N270MS, David Jeansome, Lafayette LA
1998: Jul 07, sale, N51VW, Lady Alice Corp.
1999: Jun 16, reg, N51UR, Lady Alice Corp. / Bob Jepson, "Diamondback"
2005: Dec 19, sale, N51UR, Mustang High Flight LLC / Mark Peterson, Boise ID
2006: Mar 31, reg, N51ZM, Mustang High Flight LLC / Mark Peterson, Boise ID
2023: Oct 24, N51ZM, active/flying

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  Mike Shakocius    
  Mike Wetzell    
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  Scott Germain   Warbird Aero Press  
  Juha Ritaranta    
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