On this day in aviation history, February 28, 1947, a North American P-82 Twin Mustang with the name “Betty Jo” completes the longest nonstop flight by a fighter aircraft without aerial refueling by ...

In some cases these “defective” P-51 parts ended up being intended for the Twin Mustang project, and would get added to the collection of parts that would eventually go into the XP-82 restoration.