Author Topic: 9th AF P-51D 370FG/402FS "Vivacious Virgin III" Lt Ian MacKenzie  (Read 1816 times)

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Re: 9th AF P-51D 370FG/402FS "Vivacious Virgin III" Lt Ian MacKenzie
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2022, 05:49:11 AM »
Got my internet fixed at last. Wasn't much point trying to comment on skins viewing from a phone screen.

Love the new P-51D skin Oboe, can't have too many shark mouth schemes.

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Re: 9th AF P-51D 370FG/402FS "Vivacious Virgin III" Lt Ian MacKenzie
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2022, 07:46:59 AM »
How about Sierra Sue II from the 370th?  That bird still exists in Minnesota and is one of the most accurate restorations ever done by a company that has mastered restoration up in Bemidji at AirCorps Aviation?

https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/project/p-51-d-sierra-sue-ii-p-51d-20-na/

check out the restoration and the paint job as it's right on the money for Sierra Sue II.

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Just signed up for the 370th in the upcoming scenario, as I have some history bits from a 370th pilot as well as knowing Jay Jones who wrote the massive 370th history.  His grandpa had been in the 370th.  Seems like a good excuse to fly a 370th bird :)

Dan, you brought back a memory.

Sierra Sue was the first warbird I had my picture taken next to.   She was sitting outside at Flying Cloud airport in Eden Prairie, visible from Hwy 169.   This was years and years (20-25 or more?) ago.   I put some black and white film in my old camera, donned a khaki Dickies work shirt and trousers and my bomber jacket, and went out and staged some photos.   I had a flat-top haircut back then, and signed a print and sent it to my Mom, "With Love, from your son, Buzz", or something to that effect.

Back then, the Planes of Fame Air Museum put on a wonderful Memorial Day air event, which we never missed.   I never did get to see Sue fly though.   And I think since that time, she was impeccably restored by an outfit up in Bemidji?

Here's a video produced for her 2018 Super Bowl fly over.   Great shots of her in the air:



From the website:  https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/project/p-51-d-sierra-sue-ii-p-51d-20-na/

And a picture ebook about her and her restoration:
https://issuu.com/aircorpsaviation/docs/warbird_digest_sierra_sue-may1-2015

 
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Re: 9th AF P-51D 370FG/402FS "Vivacious Virgin III" Lt Ian MacKenzie
« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2022, 09:13:04 AM »
Sierra Sue has been on my list for awhile.   
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Re: 9th AF P-51D 370FG/402FS "Vivacious Virgin III" Lt Ian MacKenzie
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2022, 11:47:00 AM »
Dan, you brought back a memory.

Sierra Sue was the first warbird I had my picture taken next to.   She was sitting outside at Flying Cloud airport in Eden Prairie, visible from Hwy 169.   This was years and years (20-25 or more?) ago.   I put some black and white film in my old camera, donned a khaki Dickies work shirt and trousers and my bomber jacket, and went out and staged some photos.   I had a flat-top haircut back then, and signed a print and sent it to my Mom, "With Love, from your son, Buzz", or something to that effect.

Back then, the Planes of Fame Air Museum put on a wonderful Memorial Day air event, which we never missed.   I never did get to see Sue fly though.   And I think since that time, she was impeccably restored by an outfit up in Bemidji?

Here's a video produced for her 2018 Super Bowl fly over.   Great shots of her in the air:



From the website:  https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/project/p-51-d-sierra-sue-ii-p-51d-20-na/

And a picture ebook about her and her restoration:
https://issuu.com/aircorpsaviation/docs/warbird_digest_sierra_sue-may1-2015

I saw her back during the time you mentioned at Eden Prairie.  She was owned by a man called "Doc" Christguau.  There was  book written about his recovery and restoration the first time of Sierra Sue II.  When he sold it, it got the back to factory specs restoration done at Aircorps Aviation in Bemidji.  She is a beauty :)
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Re: 9th AF P-51D 370FG/402FS "Vivacious Virgin III" Lt Ian MacKenzie
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2022, 02:34:28 PM »
Does Steve Hinton have the greatest job in the world?