Just looked at a French web site, and it reported that Rene Bouverat has sold his P-51D F-AZJJ to the US. That means that there is only one left, F-AZSB which is with Jean Salis at La Ferte Alais. I also see that Courtesy have his F8F listed as pending, so who knows, maybe this a/c will go back across the pond as well 🙁
T J Johansen
By: Stieglitz - 12th January 2005 at 16:09
ça c’est dommage. 🙁
I liked the sheme applied on that Mustang and I’m sad I never saw it fly. I had always hoped to see it on the european airshow scene. But now, I think the chances to see it here in the near future are very smal. 🙁
Greets,
J.V.
By: Mark V - 12th January 2005 at 15:22
Yes, it looks that way.
By: Fred41 - 12th January 2005 at 13:56
Hello … some news about the Bearcat ??? Does it really quit France and Annemasse ?
Bonjour aux Francophones …
By: Mark V - 12th January 2005 at 13:32
Happymeal, can you PM me please as I have new contact info for you.
By: Swiss Mustangs - 12th January 2005 at 10:22
Merci bien pour l’information, mon ami.
Meilleures saluitations
Martin
By: happymeal - 12th January 2005 at 10:07
F-AZSB update
Just to keep you updated guys, Jean-Claude Beaudet sold F-AZSB Nooky Booky last year to a member of the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis Association. The fighter has been overhauled and partly restored by Jean Salis’ company, and Nooky Booky is flying from La Ferté-Alais since last summer. It is not owned by Jean Salis nor the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis (AJBS). But is is operated by AJBS. Just to straighten things up. 😀
By: Swiss Mustangs - 12th January 2005 at 09:52
F-AZJJ has been up for sale since late 2003, ditto for the F8F – and the crashed example = F-AZFI (went down 1998) was the one in French AF colors – a sad loss and within weeks of the loss of another former French P-51D, “Temptation”, F-AZJM, which crashed in the Swiss mountains shortly after being imported and registered HB-RCW.
F-AZSB is owned by Jean-Claude Beaudet and is the original yellow ship of late Bob Hoover, N2251D.
Martin
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 12th January 2005 at 09:38
Just looked at a French web site, and it reported that Rene Bouverat has sold his P-51D F-AZJJ to the US. That means that there is only one left, F-AZSB which is with Jean Salis at La Ferte Alais. I also see that Courtesy have his F8F listed as pending, so who knows, maybe this a/c will go back across the pond as well 🙁
T J Johansen
Pretty sure Salis doesn’t have a P51. He had one, sold it and it eventually crashed on take off.
By: dj51d - 12th January 2005 at 04:49
I’m fairly certain the Bearcat is heading across the pond to an owner in Southern California.
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