North American F-51D
N551VC is a North American F-51D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Planes Of Fame Air Museum, a corporation in Chino, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 5, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated August 7, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- F-51D
- Serial number
- 44-73415
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rolls-Royc MERLIN · 1760 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1944
- Cruising speed
- 277 mph
- Transponder code
- A70500 (octal 51602400)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 5, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · August 7, 2014
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00680317
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Planes Of Fame Air Museum
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 14998 Cal Aero Dr
Chino, CA 91710-9056
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data