Today’s Top Pick is a 1998 Falconar SAL P-51D Mustang. There are few pilots who do not, at some point, fantasize about flying a P-51 Mustang. Of course, these rare, expensive, and unforgiving ...
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
The P-51 Mustang’s influence extended beyond World ... Many restored examples still fly at airshows, their distinctive roar evoking the era of piston-engine fighters. Even among those that ...
Given the incredible success of the P-51 Mustang during the Second World War, it’s perhaps no surprise that the United States entertained the idea of combining two of the iconic fighters on the ...
During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European Theater. The North American P-51 Mustang may well be the most iconic U ...
A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling ... Hap Arnold, chief of staff of the U.S. Army Air Forces, for being above the flying age. Frustrated, the well-connected Hitchcock turned ...
A P-51 Mustang sits on the flight line during the ... (Senior Airman Hayden Johnson/Air National Guard) Flying into Washington in November 1942, Hitchcock called on an old friend from the Great ...