N51VL NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG

Courtesy Aircraft Sales

$2,850,000

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Description

Extensive IRAN in 2008 including new lower longerons and overhaul of wings including new spars

Airframe

4441.5 Hrs TTSNEW

Airframe work details
Engine compartment and forward fuselage overhauled by TABAIR

Cockpit and rear fuselage overhauled by Mistral Warbirds (stripped down, corrosion checked and new primer)

Tail landing gear disassembled and fully overhauled by Mistral Warbirds

Engine(s)

Packard V-1650-7 with Transport Heads and Banks
Equipped with Merlin fingers
340 Hrs SMOH by Fighter Factory

P-51 Engine overhaul details-
July 2017 overhauled Packard Merlin V1650-7 aircraft engine, with 500 series cylinder banks, repaired in accordance with AN-02A-55AC-3 and Rolls Royce Technical Service Directive TSD-151.

The engine includes:
– overhauled carburetor
– overhauled starter
– overhauled fuel pump
– new cylinder liners
– new “transport type » production pistons with original rings
– one NOS transport -500 head
– one OVH transport -500 head
– new main bearings, fork rod bearings, blade rod bearings – R/R late style rocker arms with heavy chrome pads
– overhauled Rotax magnetos with new coils and condensers
– overhauled ignition harnesses with new wire
– polished ‘Rolls Royce’ logo rocker covers
– painted all over urethane ‘aluminum silver’ satin finish.

Avionics

Garmin GNS-430W GPS/Comm/Map
Garmin SL-60 GPS/Comm
Garmin GDL-69 XM weather
KING KCS-55A slaved HSI
Garmin GTX-330 ADSB in/out Transponder
Encoder
King DME
PS Engineering intercom
3 Light Marker Beacon
Century 3 Autopilot
Garmin GMA-350C Audio Panel with intercom
EBC 406AP ELT
Garmin GSB -15 USB port
3” Attitude Indicator

Propeller(s)

Hamilton Standard 24D40 Cuff Blades
AD 81-13-02 AD done March 2024

History

P-51D-25-NA – Constr #: 122-31945 – Serial No: 44-12473 (U.S. Army Air Force)

Date	Squadron	Location
1944 Oct		Manufactured at Inglewood plant Los Angeles, California
1945 Mar		Accepted by USAF and shipped to England for 8th Air Force
1945 Jul		Returned to USAF Depot Newark, New Jersey
1947 Mar	182nd Fighter	Texas ANG – Brooks AFB San Antonio, Texas
1950 Nov	136th Fighter Group	CONAC Langley AFB, Virginia
1951 May	120th Fighter	COLO ANG Buckley Field Denver, Colorado
1953 Mar	109th Fighter	Minn. ANG St. Paul, Minnesota
1956 Dec		McClelland AFB for Storage Sacramento, California
1958 Aug		Sold surplus to Delta A&E Parts for $1,307.50
1958 Dec		Trans Florida Aviation Sarasota, Florida
1963		Howard Olsen Midland, Texas – Restored by Cavalier Aircraft
1968	FAS 406	Sold to El Salvador Airforce
1975 Oct		Acquired by Gordon Plaskett – Restored to “Moonbeam McSwine”
1981 Mar		Acquired by Vlado Lenoch – Raced at Reno in 1997, 1999 and 2000 – Flew with USAF Heritage Flight Program
2012 Dec		Acquired by Frederic Akary of France
2018 Mar		Acquired by Warbird Heritage Foundation Waukegan, Illinois

Equipment

Martin Radiator
Dual RG Batteries
Tilt front seat
Rear jump seat
2 place oxygen
Fuselage baggage door
Bomb/Tank racks
6 Imitation gun barrels
Dual Spin on Oil Filters
Tip strobes
LC-2 digital clock
“G” meter
Coolant door position indicator
Canopy Cover
Left hand flap step

Miscellaneous

Annual inspection to be completed in October 2024
IFR certification due July 2025
Wing, Horizonal Stabilizer IRAN , IRAN by Odegard Wings,
Demate 2008 by TabAir
New Main tires 2024

Exterior

Polished fuselage and painted wings with stars, bars and invasion stripes, painted in the colors of triple ace William Whisners “Moonbeam McSwine” -Blue Nose Bastards of Bodney