P-51 @ the Natl WW2 Museum

[Pat Carry]

I saw on Facebook within the last 2 weeks a story about this museum getting a P-51. Didnt the museum already have a P-51 or I'm I thinking about a different museum?

[Warbird Kid]

They replaced the fiberglass replica with a real one. The replica I believe has since gone to the CAF. Now all I'm waiting for is the Corsair to be taken down and corrected.

[Warbirdnerd]

Does anyone know the Serial Number of the real Mustang?

[JimH]

Here is the link to the company that built it...I doubt there is much provenance in it.

http://flyboysaeroworks.com/projects/no ... d-mustang/

[Jesse C.]

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/new ... ric-plane/

[maxum96]

Unfortunately I don't think it'll ever be a flyer,



But looks good cosmetically.

[JohnTerrell]

This used to be the late Pony Maples' P-51D, the one he had in his house (consisting of fuselage, tail surfaces, engine, and engine mounts). It had been offered for sale as a potential restoration to airworthy project, three years ago, through Courtesy Aircraft Sales. Supposedly a lot of good parts went into the build when Pony Maples had it put together - the fuselage/tail surfaces had been built at Tri-State Aviation (to full airworthy standard, I assume). The aircraft had the serial number 44-72254 attached to it (at some point after the fuselage/tail was built up). As I recall, the National WWII Museum sold the original engine that came with the project to help fund the building of wings for it.

[Chris Brame]

It also stole a scene in Steven Spielberg’s 1987 movie “Empire of the Sun,” when a young Christine Bale watched a Mustang strafe a Japanese camp and yelled “P-51, the Cadillac of the sky!”

-Chris(topher)