Remarks: (111-36533) Closeup of the nose art on "Ridge Runner III". I have seen this Mustang at a lot of airshows around Southern California. (Nikon D70)
Remarks: (44-13105) 1945: sent to RAAF as A68-679 soc. '48; 1966: recovered from a farm and put on display; 1980: bought by Dave Zeuschel, shipped to USA and rebuilt as a racer; 1983: re-registered as N71FT & bought by "Strega" Bill "Tiger" Destefani; 1997: After winning unlimited gold race at Reno, suffered a hard landing, shipped back home for repairs; 1998: Full rebuild; 1999: Flying again, appeared at Reno, DNF Gold race on Sunday- mech. problem; 2002: raced in gold but DNF lap 1 with engine problems, has not raced since. (Nikon D70)
Remarks: (44-75009) This was my first time seeing this KCXP based Mustang and it's very clean. I really like all the checker board markings on it. (Nikon D70)
Remarks: (174-91) Originally delivered to the Air Force in 1951 with serial number 51-3553. This aircraft was substantially damaged in a crash at Apple Valley, CA on July 11, 2004. The pilot stated that he was attempting to land on runway 26 when he decided to abort the landing. The airplane was in a slow, nose up attitude. He tried to climb by pulling aft on the control stick, followed by adding power to the engine. Instead of climbing, the airplane continued to descend until it impacted the ground. During the accident sequence the nose gear sheared off, and the left wing was damaged. The airplane came to rest on its nose with the tail up in the air. (Fuji Provia 100F)
Remarks: (226-231) The number under the tail that reads 140654 was the original Navy serial number, not construction number and this plane was built in 1957. (Fuji Provia 100F)
