Anyone Want To Buy A 1945 P-51D Fighter Plane?

[Hardrock69]

No, I am not kidding:

P51 MUSTANG DAKOTA KID II • $1,875,000 • YOUR SEARCH IS OVER • This is the one you've been waiting for! Superb condition and flown regularly. 1945 P-51D "Dakota Kid II". 875 Hours since ground up restoration by Gerry Beck, Tri-State Aviation. This Mustang features a fresh Roush engine with all the mods. Special Gerry Beck mods include dual controls, guns with ammo in the right wing, pre-oiler, Heinz detection system, and Spitfire mirrors. Just completed detailed annual includes new tires, and brakes. This plane is authentic in detail to that flown by Capt. Noble Petersen of 355 Fgt. Group. This is a P-51 that you'll be proud to own and fly! • Contact Warren Pietsch - PIETSCH AIRCRAFT RESTORATION & REPAIR, INC, End User - located Minot, ND USA • Telephone: 701-852-4092 . • Posted June 18, 2010 •

1945 P-51D "Dakota Kid II"


Own one of the most highly photographed P-51's! This aircraft has been
featured in numerous magazines, books, calendars and pictorials. And
for good reason....it is beautiful! With a highly polished fuselage
and D-Day markings, it represents Captain Noble Peterson of the 355th
Fighter Group of Steeple Morden, England. Noble was with this airplane
at the Gathering of Mustangs, and his interview was published in the
December 2007 issue of Sport Aviation, as were pictures of the
airplane and him. The aircraft has authentic 8th Air Force history and
was restored by one of the finest, Gerry Beck of Tri-State Aviation.
The restoration was completed in 1997 and certified in the Limited
Category. The prop was overhauled by Maxwell Aircraft Service. It also
includes 2 seat controls that retain the original look of a single
place Mustang.

The following is a list of times and the options:

• 875 Hours - Total Time Airframe since Restoration
• 10 Hours – Roush Modified 1650-7 Engine since Overhaul
• 875 Hours - Total Time since Prop Overhaul
• Prop S/B 664 completed 10/24/06
• Prop Model 24D50 / 7005A-7

The restoration also included guns and ammunition in the right wing.
Gun sight, bomb racks, spitfire mirrors, pre-oiler, coolant system
pressure gauge, oil and coolant door position indicator lights, Heinz
filter with chip light and oil bypass light, Shadin fuel flow.

Radios Include:
• KX135 King GPS/Com
• ARGUS 3000 Moving Map
• KT76A Transponder
• PS ENG PM 1000II Intercom

[Jagermeister]

That's kick ass

[Seshmeister]

I could do with a Heinz detection system myself.

After all these years she suddenly decides to put the ketchup in the fridge last weekend...

[lesfunk]

Here are some good ones!

http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/N47DA%20Republic%20P-47D%20Specs.htm

http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/N401WH%20Curtiss%20P-40K%20Warhawk%20Specs.htm

[Nickdfresh]

I wonder what the difference between a Rousch engine, and the original Merlin is?

[Nitro Express]

My father in law was a p-51 mechanic during the Korean war. He gave me all his old mechanics manuals and the pilots manual for the p-51. He worked for Boeing and was a project manager during the Apollo program. He gave me a ton of NASA Saturn V technical manuals as well.

A friend of my dad's raced a P-51 mustang that had counter rotating props. That plan was loud as hell when he fired it up. Sadly he crashed the plan and died at the Reno air races.

[Nitro Express]

I wonder what the difference between a Rousch engine, and the original Merlin is?

My cousin overhauls airplane engines and has done a lot of Merlin type engines. He said the 1650-7 was an American made variant of the Rolls Royce Merlin II engine. Packard made the 1650-7 engine here in the states. The main difference is the 1650 was made from alloys developed by the US auto industry that helped the engines hold up longer. They were very good engines for the time.

[Hardrock69]

My father in law was a p-51 mechanic during the Korean war. He gave me all his old mechanics manuals and the pilots manual for the p-51. He worked for Boeing and was a project manager during the Apollo program. He gave me a ton of NASA Saturn V technical manuals as well.

How cool! Did he know Gene Kranz?

I am right now in the midst of his book "Failure Is Not An Option", about his career as Flight Director for Mission Control. He was there from the very first rocket launches at the dawn of the Mercury program, all the way beyond the Apollo program. I found it in a used book store for 5 bucks. It is a FASCINATING inside look at the birth of NASA and the space program!

http://www.amazon.com/Failure-not-Option-Mission-Control/dp/0425179877

[Hardrock69]

Here are some good ones!

http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/N47DA%20Republic%20P-47D%20Specs.htm

http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%...wk%20Specs.htm

Man...a P-40!

Wonder why it does not have the actual Flying Tiger paint scheme? Ah who cares.


Here is another P-51 for sale in Texas for a little over 2 million:

http://www.aircraftdealer.com/aircraft_for_sale_detail/North_American/1945_NORTH_AMERICAN_P-51_MUSTANG/24398.htm

Anyone want to buy a 747? $33,000,000 will get this one:

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/BOEING-747-400/1992-BOEING-747-400/1160385.htm

About 6 or 7 years ago, an aircraft carrier went up for sale on the internet for $65,000,000.

[Igosplut]

How cool! Did he know Gene Kranz?

I am right now in the midst of his book "Failure Is Not An Option", about his career as Flight Director for Mission Control. He was there from the very first rocket launches at the dawn of the Mercury program, all the way beyond the Apollo program. I found it in a used book store for 5 bucks. It is a FASCINATING inside look at the birth of NASA and the space program!

http://www.amazon.com/Failure-not-Op.../dp/0425179877

A buddy of my's grandfather worked on the Apollo missions. Not too long ago he showed me a medal that was given to people that worked on the project by NASA and that was pressed from parts of the spaceship that was used in the moon landing. When he died, one of his kids broke into the house and stole it, amongst other stuff.. They managed to get it back...Cool stuff..

[Hardrock69]

Glad to hear the family got it back.

[sadaist]

When he died, one of his kids broke into the house and stole it, amongst other stuff..

Nothing quite turns siblings against each other like the death of a parent with stuff or money.

[Nitro Express]

How cool! Did he know Gene Kranz?

I am right now in the midst of his book "Failure Is Not An Option", about his career as Flight Director for Mission Control. He was there from the very first rocket launches at the dawn of the Mercury program, all the way beyond the Apollo program. I found it in a used book store for 5 bucks. It is a FASCINATING inside look at the birth of NASA and the space program!

http://www.amazon.com/Failure-not-Op.../dp/0425179877

He worked at the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama and was in meetings with Von Braum. He said Von Braum was very intelligent and an excellent manager but never liked him due to him being in the SS. Basically, my father in law didn't like or trust Nazis. He had pretty damn high security clearance. He could see any launch at the Cape he wanted to. I went to a shuttle launch with him and we stood right next to the assembly building. He has a ton of cool stuff regarding space flight and military stuff. A lot he can't talk about.

[Nitro Express]

He can tell cool stories about a secret bunker in Kent, Washington and how the Russians were spying on their facility. Lot's of spys in Seattle in the 1980's and the Russians had equipment that could pick up the electric signal off a keyboard. So the whole building was in a faraday shield. The FBI busted several Russian spys. He also said there were always Russian subs operating in the Strait of Juan de Fuca waiting for a boomer to come out. Lot's of cold war stuff going on.

[Hardrock69]

Wow. Heavy stuff. I was stationed at Redstone Arsenal in 1977. Always wanted to witness a shuttle launch first hand, and had planned on doing so this year before the end of the program, but recession forces my wallet to say no.