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A68-005 G-ARKD
Classic Flying Machine Collection LTD,
P-51 Survivor A68-005 G-ARKD
Status: Storage for Restoration
NAA Type:
Serial #: A68-005
Registry: G-ARKD
.. past:   VH-BVM
  P-51 Mustangs Survivors  
History: A68-005 G-ARKD
1945: July 6, BOC, RAAF A68-005
1951: Oct 23, stored, Tocumwal NSW
1953: Jan 30, disposal, James L.D. Whiteman, Sydney NSW
1953: July, VH-BVM, reg, James L.D. Whiteman, Sydney NSW
1954: May 31, VH-BVM, sale, Arnold Glass, Sidney NSW
1960: Aug 25, VH-BVM, sale, Ron Flockhart, Edinburgh UK
1961: Feb 24, G-ARKD, reg, Ron Flockhart, Edinburgh UK
1961: G-ARKD, Australia to UK Speed Record attempt
departed Syndey Australia Feb 28, 1961, stopped in Athens Greece for bad weather, record attempt ended
1961: Sep 07, G-ARKD, taxiing fire in Athens, aircraft abandoned, open storage
1961: Nov 21, G-ARKD, withdrawn from UK registry as destroyed
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2012: Jun 06, G-ARKD, reg, Classic Flying Machine Collection LTD, Foulsham Dereham, remains/parts storage for restoration

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!
Curtis Fowles, MustangsMustangs

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