P-51 Mustang up for auction

ScottM said:
1945 and with that old of a panel. Heck you can get a late model 172 with a Garmin cheaper than you get one of those things ;)
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You could get at least 3 or 4 factory-new 172s with G1000s for what that plane will probably sell for.
 
PittsDriver said:
More like 8 or 10 new 172s. I'll take the over on $2M.
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You think they'll get over 2 for that?

There's still plenty out there on the market - Courtesy currently has 3 all with similar engine times ranging from $1.3-1.8M
 
Just spoke with the guys at the Lone Star Museum yesterday. Cost to overhaul their new TF-51's Merlin: $220K.

Operating costs are the same as their B-25, but they can only take one passenger up at a time. Introductory price, for 25 minutes: $1700.

Owning a Mustang is not for the faint of heart.
 
Jay Honeck said:
Just spoke with the guys at the Lone Star Museum yesterday. Cost to overhaul their new TF-51's Merlin: $220K.
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Did they tell you what TBO was?

It ain't the 1500-2000 hrs we usually get in GA piston engines!

I don't know what the TBO is on the Merlins these days, but back during the war it was well under 1000 hrs.
 
I'm trying to think of what might be more awesome than owning and flying your own P51.

Only thing I can think of is owning 2 of them.
 
flyersfan31 said:
I'm trying to think of what might be more awesome than owning and flying your own P51.

Only thing I can think of is owning 2 of them.
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Or a P-51 and a (P-38, B-17, C-47, B-25) or any combination thereof.

I'd say the Red Bull guys have it pretty good. (Red Bull doesn't give you wings - It gives THEM wings!!!)
 
nddons said:
Here's the market for Mustangs: http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/inventory table.htm

Heck, you can even pick up a C-47 for $150,000!
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Yowsah. There's a PBY Catalina for sale. That's one of my all-time favorite planes, too.

A few years ago I paid for a ride on a B-17. When it came time for the flight Jack Roush showed up in his P-51. We were all standing in a circle while the pilots talked flight planning. It was a formation funeral flyover for a Tuskegee airman. When the planning was done Jack asked who wanted to fly with him in the P-51. I was too nervous to step forward and stayed with the B-17. It was an awesome flight.

When we did the low pass over the funeral it startled a lot of folks in the city. Upon return to the airport the phone was ringing off the hook with calls from the media. Somehow they knew it was the B-17 with some warbirds, but the citizens reported seeing an airliner being escorted by F-16s. :rofl:
 
ebacon said:
When it came time for the flight Jack Roush showed up in his P-51. We were all standing in a circle while the pilots talked flight planning. It was a formation funeral flyover for a Tuskegee airman. When the planning was done Jack asked who wanted to fly with him in the P-51. I was too nervous to step forward and stayed with the B-17.
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If Jack Roush was flying, I'd be too nervous to stop forward too! :D
 
Fearless Tower said:
Did they tell you what TBO was?

It ain't the 1500-2000 hrs we usually get in GA piston engines!

I don't know what the TBO is on the Merlins these days, but back during the war it was well under 1000 hrs.
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600 hours TBO. And they pull the cam to inspect it every 50 hours.

Like I said, Mustangs ain't for the faint of heart. It's hard to believe they used to slap Merlins into racing boats, with ten spares out in the truck...
 
flyingcheesehead said:
If Jack Roush was flying, I'd be too nervous to stop forward too! :D
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Zing!

That was prior to his wrecks, but looking back I may have made the right choice. :D

During the flight they opened the bomb bay doors on the B-17. I was standing on the bomb bay catwalk while Jack passed underneath with the P-51. It was a rush.
 
Fearless Tower said:
I've never flown a Mustang, but everyone I've talked to who has says that it is alot easier to fly than the T-6.
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In our Women Pilots room, I've got pictures of WASPs flying Mustangs hanging on one wall.

Those chicks had a few hundred hours, a "verbal checkout" in a P-51, and were told "Go deliver this plane to New Jersey. See ya!"

No GPS. No LORAN. No VORs. Just a map, ded reckoning. and luck. And most of them made it, just fine. Piece of cake.

Nowadays, insurance folks would like us to think you have to be some sort of a God-pilot to fly one, when, in fact, all you really need is buckets full of cash.
 
Jay Honeck said:
600 hours TBO. And they pull the cam to inspect it every 50 hours.

Like I said, Mustangs ain't for the faint of heart. It's hard to believe they used to slap Merlins into racing boats, with ten spares out in the truck...
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Sounds about right...I'd definitely go for a B-25 over a 'stang, but I guess I just like the utility of the big iron.
 
Henning said:
I'll take an A-26 over a B-25...
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Met a guy who had a corporate conversion of (I think) an A-26, back in the early '60s. I might be wrong on the type, but it was a round-engined bomber that some company bought, ripped apart, put a pressure vessel in, and converted it to corporate use. (Imagine getting THAT through the 'crats nowadays?)

200 GPH fuel burn. Breathtaking, even at 50 cents/gallon. Try it at $6.60/gallon. (The price we saw in Galveston on Thursday...)
 
Jay Honeck said:
Met a guy who had a corporate conversion of (I think) an A-26, back in the early '60s. I might be wrong on the type, but it was a round-engined bomber that some company bought, ripped apart, put a pressure vessel in, and converted it to corporate use. (Imagine getting THAT through the 'crats nowadays?)

200 GPH fuel burn. Breathtaking, even at 50 cents/gallon. Try it at $6.60/gallon. (The price we saw in Galveston on Thursday...)
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On Mark did various Marksman conversions of the A-26 including pressurized variants. The fastest things going, they were the premier executive transport until Bill Lear came out with his jet.
 
Henning said:
On Mark did various Marksman conversions of the A-26 including pressurized variants. The fastest things going, they were the premier executive transport until Bill Lear came out with his jet.
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Check out this ancient film on the 'Flying Businessman'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEgJ2ZOTRY

Great old film and includes one of the executive A-26s plus a corporate B-24 (CAF's Ol '927/Diamond Lil). Also see if you can spot the Bonanza with wooden prop.
 
Richard said:
We've seen the results of guys who've said those same words. It ranks right up there with, Hey ya'll, watch this.
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I believe his name is JR when behind the controls of a light jet.

(Ouch, I know. Couldn't resist.)
 
Henning said:
I'll take an A-26 over a B-25...
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I'll take the B-26 over either, I have about 6-700 hours in B-26 (dragging rags for VC-3 in North Island) and it will out preform any thing with props.

I've seen 425k at 60Hq, both at 2400 turns. pulling a 100" sock.

And ,,,,, yes I have time in A-26 too and its a dog in comparison.
 
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