Rare bird looks wrecked, but repairable
“That’ll buff right out.”
Such a great piece of history and national pride.
It was rebuilt after a much worse wreck some years ago.
Very few Cs are still around. Maybe it’s time to restore this one and give it a home in a museum.
mustangs are not horribly “rare”, although an early model, such as this “C”, might be a little less common.
“D” model redesigned the cockpit to the familiar “bubble” that most mustang pictures show.
Merlin engines had already replaced the underpowered Allison on the “B” version.
Most plane jockeys will say that the “D” version, with the better visibility cockpit glass and the supercharged Merlin power plant, was the epitome of the Mustang design, for performance and range
many a B-17 pilot would wholeheartedly agree, also.
P-51’s and their pilots saved the world.
It was a good landing!
Prop hub failure... wonder if there's GoPro video from the inside (lots of warbirds carry cameras now).
For those not familiar with Dallas, a Tuskegee airplane should feel right at home at the former Redbird airport. Of course, there is some risk of it being stripped and the parts sold to the scrapyard before they can get it trucked back up to Addison.
I believe they are referred to as ‘razorbacks’. Don’t see many of them.
Someone forgot to tighten the nut....