AMC's P-51, where did it go?

Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:26 pm

I just learned the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover,Delaware no longer has a P-51 in their collection. Anyone know where it went?

Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:16 pm

I had heard that it went to another static display somewhere in new york. I am not sure though.

Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:01 am

If left for Seymour Johnson AFB NC on 10 June 2006.
Regards,
Andy Marden

USA Military Out of Service

Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:06 am

See the story here:

https://public.dover.amc.af.mil/dovermediacenter/pressreleasearchive/story.asp?id=123021182

Walt

Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:26 am

I think that was a stupid move, as it was in a great home, but the NMUSAF made a deal with them. P-51's were never stationed at Dover AFB, and the museum there has a goal of getting one of every aircraft that flew from Dover. So the NMUSAF took the P-51, but gave them like 4 transports that they really wanted. That said, I still wish the Mustang would have stayed there. It was a very nice restoration.

Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:17 am

I ran across that one at Rockefeller Center in NY during the 2003 centennial of flight exhibit. I thought it was quite cool of the museum to lend the airplane for that as I never expected to see a real P-51 in midtown Manhattan. Most of the other planes there were from Rhinebeck including the old Dr.I in which Cole provided such great entertainment in the 1970s. A memorable exhibit.

August

Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:53 am

This one?

http://www.uncommondays.com/states/de/places/p-51.jpg

Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:18 am

Here is a shot inside the Dover museum taken in 2004.
C-47 and B-17 in background.

Bill