| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-UFO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American P-51 Mustang |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Commonwealth CA-17/18 Mustang (P-51) |
| Aircraft Version: | Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang 22 (P-51D) |
| Licence-built by: | CAC |
| C/n (msn): | CA18-1512 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | CanberraMap |
| Region / Country: | Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSCB IATA: CBR Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1977 |
| Photo by: | David Carter |
| Photo ID: | 31248 |
| Photo Comment |
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Ex RAAF A68-187 and disposed of in 1958. Adastra Aerial Surveys planned to use it for aerial photography as VH-AGJ but this did not happen. It was ferried to Bankstown for spares for Illawarra Aviation's target-towing Mustangs. Businessman Hockey Treloar bought it in 1969 with a plan to install a RR Dart turboprop from a Viscount. The registration VH-UFO was reserved. The project was not completed and the aircraft was sold in the US as N919WJ. There it was rebuilt as a two-seat TF-51 with a Merlin engine. Astronaut Frank Borman owned and raced it. This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 January 2018, and has since been viewed 1491 times. |