Yet another from Sydney…

I too am from Sydney and a frequent visitor but rare poster. A meet at Temora sounds good…

David

Mark,
It is from a CAC-18 Mk 21, 22 or 23 Mustang. Made in Australia, moulded plywood covered with Modapalom fabric and painted. It bolts to the mounting bar/spring assembly at the ends of the rectangular cross piece and at the bottom rear corners. Contact me OTB if you want more – I have a full set of the drawings for it.
Regards,
David

KLG’s registration reflected its spark plug sponsorship. FB Mk40 fitted with a (non-standard) belly tank by Titus Oates. High gloss ‘dark red’ overall, white registrations, ‘sky blue’ Ampol titles outlined in white (both sides and under the starboard wing), white discs and black race numbers. Issue 4/1998 APMA magazine has drawings, still available as a back issue.
HTH
David M

When I saw it last October it was only 200 metres/yards from the Malaga aviation museum. Get a dozen blokes, cut 1 chain link fence, push hard and it could join their DC-3 and Beech 18 on out door display…right next to the San Miguel brewery too, for the perfect combination: beer and old aeroplanes.
Appeared from afar to be in fair but not flyable condition.

This Mustang began life as A68-5 then became VH-BVM then G-ARKD. First civilian scheme was ‘silver’ paint overall with red, white and blue trim and lots of advertising for RedX. Arnold Glass had it painted pillar box red overall and later added small areas of black and white trim and signwriting at various times. Flockhart added more white trim to the basic red/white/black and bits of advertising from time to time. No controversy about its colours: they are well documented throughout its life by reliable contempoary observers.

There are quite a few B&W images around of it in it’s various guises but I have yet to see a colour print. In addition to the leads posted above possible sources you could try: Modern MOTOR May 1988, AHSA Journal July/August 1969, Flightpath ‘Australian Mustangs’ series (Part 5), date unknown but within the last five years. Ed Coate’s website also has images in its BVM days.
Incidentally G-ARUK (in which Flochart killed himself) had a scheme using similar colours and there are colour pics of that one. (Classic Wings, Issue 8 or the aforesaid Flightpath series).
HTH
David M

Not suprisingly we Aussies have lots of alcohol related nose art including a P-40 also called Old Crow, an A-20 (IIRC) called ‘In the grippa the grog’ and a Beaufighter called “Time Gentlemen Please” featuring an over endowed and extremely ugly barmaid and two drunks with beer mugs and bottles. Indeed beer mugs are a common theme in RAAF nose art…

Great photos indeed…more of the P-51 please! Actually more of them all would be great. A question for Dave Homewood: what is the story behind the 1993 blown engine on the Mustang? Which temoprary scheme was that…and any photos?
David M2