P-51 Mustangs

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 19:08:27 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

In article ,
(GirlieGirl Brandi) wrote:

That's just it....The Hurry Home Honey on that site isn't the
one.....I've seen 2 different ones so far and i've also noticed that
their wings are all different....of the 2 i've seen 1 had green wings
and 1 has silver and green and the Hurry Home Honey that I'm looking
for has silver wings!!

If you could find out the registration number, it would tie it all
together. IMHO, the story sounds like a tall tale, as pilots seldom, if
ever, were able to buy the actual plane that they flew in combat --

Not directly no, but in the 50, 60s and early 70s there were lots of
them available. Many were scrapped. I had the chance to pick up 5
down in Texas at something on the order of either $5000 or $7500 each.
It certainly would have been a better investment than savings
certificates over 40 years. Course when I think of it, when the L39s
first became available I remember one in one of the mags you see
around the terminal lounges for $60,000 with a brand new spare engine
still in the can and that has not been all that long ago.

All were flyable, had gas in them, and all it would have taken was a
ferry permit to get them home. Course I was just a student back then
and spending just shy of $40,000 on 5 airplanes would probably have
gotten me a divorce. Come to think of it, that might possibly have
saved me some time, grief, and money.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

especially fighters, which usually remained overseas and were often
scrapped there.

I want to thank each and every one of you that have been kind enough
to post with information. Now that I remember my boyfriend said that
up until the 1980's his grandfather's mustang was all silver. I also
know that he wasn't a pilot in and American unit...I'm pretty sure
that he was in a British unit if that makes any difference. It might
not be possible, but I'm sure that it was his plane that he flew in
the war....I guess I'll never know for sure. The mustang was sold in
either 1999 or 2000 after his grandfather's death. The plave was
supposed to be given to him, but it was sold anyway....But anywho he
has told me that I probably won't be able to find the plane now
because his grandfather very rarely took it to airshows and he isn't
sure if the new owner even flies it or anything like that....My
boyfriend saw a picture of the plane a long time ago before it was
painted in the 80's but I doubt I'll be able to get a hold of it, but
I think he has a picture of his grandfather with the plane....I I'm
going to try and see if he can find it....Possibly get a friend to
scan it and semd it somewhere online to see if it can be identified as
his "Hurry Home Honey"

I stand corrected....If he was with a British unit then it is very
unlikely that he got the plane that he flew because my boyfriend told
me that the plane was originally silver with a star..and it wasn't a
Mustang IA it was definitely a P-51........this is so confusing....I
need those pictures before i can get an answer......