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Bad ass! I went by the airport in Tuscaloosa this past weekend right before the game and I have never seen that many planes at that airport before. They closed off one of the runways just to park the planes and the runway was full!
 
P-51 Mustang
More specifically its Rolls Royce's Merlin engine. 60,000 parts in that engine.
1600HP around 12,000ft freaking sick!
I know where one is sitting in a trailer near Paola. I believe it was one from a P-51 that burned in at the Gardner Airport in the early '50s. Dad and I were trying to work a deal to buy and flip it, but the guy went from $3k to $25k. You can only classify it as a core at this point in time. But if you spend about $20-25k on it to get it inspected and re-certed for flight it could go for around $100k. That brings up the big problem, there are only 3 guys in N.A. certified to Re-certify that engine and whos to say they don't say you have a bad engine and you dump it to them, then they flip it back out. Yes, I heard about this happening by two of them. So its a racket. Needless to say that engine is still sitting in a trailer in Kansas collecting dust.

You ever watch the RedBull Air Races with P-51's? http://www.redbullairrace.com/
Now those fuggers are CRAZY. I think they average 1 death per race.

Badass Paul, go get some more pics. You able to get in the cockpit?
 
**** here's Ain't Misbehavin's specs

Serial #: 44-74009
Construction #:
122-40549
Civil Registration:
N6323T
N988C
N51KB
Model: P-51D-25-NA
Name: Ain't Misbehavin
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2002

History:
Delivered to RCAF as 9275.
- BOC: Jan. 11, 1951.
- SOC: Sep. 17, 1957.
James H. Defuria & Fred J. Ritts/Interconinental Airways, Canastota, NY, Feb. 25, 1957-1960.
- Registered as N6323T.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, May 1, 1960-1961.
- Registered as N988C.
Suncoast Aviation, St. Petersburg, FL, July 8, 1961-1962.
A. Fasken, Midland, TX, Sept. 29, 1962-1963
Houston Aircraft Sales, Houston, TX, May 1, 1963-1965.
William Fiore, Clairton, PA, Apr. 30, 1965-1968.
Frank Cannavo Jr, Lester, PA, Feb. 3, 1968-1969.
Robert J. Shaver, Brigantine & Linwood, NJ, June 26, 1969-1978.
Robert L. Ferguson, Wellesley, MA 1979-2001.
- Flew as Ain't Misbehavin/RL-F.
B&K Leasing Inc, Nantucket, MA, Sept. 17, 2001-2002.
- Registered as N51KB.
 
I can go get all up in it... **** I didnt know you were such a aircraft freak. Its owned by a neurosurgeon now. The guy has a couple of old aircraft and just hobbies them.
 
Is the guys name Jim Thompson?

I'm not that big a buff, just got heavily up to speed on the knowledge when I was working on that Merlin engine deal. Dont get me wrong I think they are awesome. Hell I scored a set of P-51 wingtip markers for tailights for my ratrod, and the tank gauge is the P-51 float gauge (I've got a couple of those)

That **** is history that they dont make anymore.
 
After hanging out with you for an afternoon there and you telling me some basics on planes and the maintenance, I have no idea how ****ers afford to buy and FLY these suckers. Good lord it's nuts. One guy only took his out what once or twice a year to fly family to Florida or some ****. IT"S NOT THAT FAR FROM ALABAMA! molaugh

Oh to have money. LOTS of money.
 
InDaShop said:
Is the guys name Jim Thompson?

I'm not that big a buff, just got heavily up to speed on the knowledge when I was working on that Merlin engine deal. Dont get me wrong I think they are awesome. Hell I scored a set of P-51 wingtip markers for tailights for my ratrod, and the tank gauge is the P-51 float gauge (I've got a couple of those)

That **** is history that they dont make anymore.
You and your old man have a metric **** ton of cool **** in that shop! You were rattling off model, year, cost, value of all sorts of random cool ****. thumb.gif
 
The autopilot isnt working laughing Thats what our Avionics guys are working on... the stick is out of it right now as they are pin to pin troubleshooting it.


Couple mo pics I just snagged .

P51Gary.jpg


P51copilot.jpg


P51ammo.jpg
 
Nah, you wouldnt make as much money bro. The good payin A&P jobs are hard to get and the typical A&P makes less than a car mechanic at a good dealership believe it or not. Funny how that works isnt it. You can pull a car over if it has a failure... a plane... :eek:
 
P said:
Nah, you wouldnt make as much money bro. The good payin A&P jobs are hard to get and the typical A&P makes less than a car mechanic at a good dealership believe it or not. Funny how that works isnt it. You can pull a car over if it has a failure... a plane... :eek:
NOOOO SHIAT....whowouldathunkit.

I hate desk jobs
 
I used to love watching the P-51's at the old Birmingham air shows when I was a kid........... Those little guys haul butt for a prop driven plane.
 
Parts Paul Sucka !!! thumb.gif

Im the parts manager... shipping clerk, errand boy, janitor, whatever it takes ;D
 
InDaShop said:
P-51 Mustang
More specifically its Rolls Royce's Merlin engine. 60,000 parts in that engine.
1600HP around 12,000ft freaking sick!
I know where one is sitting in a trailer near Paola. I believe it was one from a P-51 that burned in at the Gardner Airport in the early '50s. Dad and I were trying to work a deal to buy and flip it, but the guy went from $3k to $25k. You can only classify it as a core at this point in time. But if you spend about $20-25k on it to get it inspected and re-certed for flight it could go for around $100k. That brings up the big problem, there are only 3 guys in N.A. certified to Re-certify that engine and whos to say they don't say you have a bad engine and you dump it to them, then they flip it back out. Yes, I heard about this happening by two of them. So its a racket. Needless to say that engine is still sitting in a trailer in Kansas collecting dust.

You ever watch the RedBull Air Races with P-51's? http://www.redbullairrace.com/
Now those fuggers are CRAZY. I think they average 1 death per race.

Badass Paul, go get some more pics. You able to get in the cockpit?
fugged up thing is that there is a cooler engine in that place and it is going to rot too.
 
thats cool man.....for some reason I was thinking you used to be in the Army and some how scored a civlilian job from that.........I could be wrong I guess!! LOL :drinkers:

Brian
 
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