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It's a Commonweath Aircraft Co. CA-18 Mk 22, an Australian licenced built P-51D Mustang (c/n CA-CM-192-1517). YOC was 1951 ! Was RAAF:A68-192, then became VH-FCB in april 1958 until sold as PI-C651 in march 1969. After a crash in 1973 as PI-C651 it was rebuilt, using parts of 44-72917 (Phillippine AF). Then sold as VR-HIU in 1981 and in may 1985 sold as G-HAEC.Roel van Gestel wrote:It survived WW2 and lasted 65 more years before it came to an end. Very sad, but glad the pilot got out in time.
RobertMB wrote:It's a Commonweath Aircraft Co. CA-18 Mk 22, an Australian licenced built P-51D Mustang (c/n CA-CM-192-1517). YOC was 1951 ! Was RAAF:A68-192, then became VH-FCB in april 1958 until sold as PI-C651 in march 1969. After a crash in 1973 as PI-C651 it was rebuilt, using parts of 44-72917 (Phillippine AF). Then sold as VR-HIU in 1981 and in may 1985 sold as G-HAEC.Roel van Gestel wrote:It survived WW2 and lasted 65 more years before it came to an end. Very sad, but glad the pilot got out in time.
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Robert
Great info, thanks!After all the comments earlier you post this rubbish - either you work for the National Newspapers or you don't read the reports. With the quantity of Warbirds flying and attending this show, incidents may occur and hopefully will be professionally dealt with, as in the incidents of yesterday.remko bekkema wrote:And another crash of an warbird at the warbird "killing grounds" of Duxford. How many crashes of war birds have there already bin in the past 20 years? P-38, MF-109, etc. Most of them performing aerobatics during an air show. Due to pilot error things go terrible wrong in most occasions. It’s nice to keep these birds in the air but the pilot’s should fly it smooth and safe. When visit Duxford I always have the feeling these pilot’s have to push all the time and doing things with the aircraft you shouldn’t do when you are not flying daily on the aircraft type and in an weekly airshow sequence.
Greetings, Remko
Remko, you fly Warbirds?remko bekkema wrote:I understand you have the right qualification. I’m flying myself also on war birds, visiting airshows and briefings prior to display etc. I also noticed during events in the pass that some formation flying is planned at the last moment due to caps in shows, special formations with different kind of aircraft type and therefore not briefed well in every detail. I’m not saying that in this particularly crash anyone should be blamed. I’m just worried about the many nice old aircraft that have been lost during the last years at Duxford.
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