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N71FT

North American/Destefani P-51D

N71FT is a North American/Destefani P-51D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bakersfield, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 1990 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated September 9, 1983.

Aircraft

Maker
North American/Destefani
Model
P-51D
Serial number
00-30
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rolls-Royc V-1650-7 · 1180 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1944
Transponder code
A97A43 (octal 52275103)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 30, 1990
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · September 9, 1983
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00480927

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Destefani Bill G
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 22828
Bakersfield, CA 93390-2828

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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