Army F-51 at Edwards

[gary1954]

Looking at the shape of the canopy, is that a two-seater ship? I guess that would make sense for a chase plane.

I believe it had a back seat but not dual controls.
Fuggly Canopy for sure.
Must be a ton of room for even the back seat guy to wear a "Flashy" Gentex helmet.

Indeed, that is a fugly canopy...Anyone close to Muther-Rucker besides me....I can try an plan a run over and see ifin I can get a look at her cockpit...I believe that she is single control though. When I was stationed at Muther-Rucker I "heard" that a one time Post Commander who was there during and immeadiately following the AH-56 Evaluation, kept the 51 airworthy while being the Post Commander and flew the 51 on a semi-regular basis until he left for another assignment and the plane went to the museum....Generals could do such back then.....haven't seen her since 1977. Also, to my knowledge of the museum, there was only one 51 in the museum back in the 70s. Heck I was shocked when I learned that they had traded the Columbine out to Chino

[JohnB]

What kind of USAAF history does this Mustang have?
Chappie

What I said in post five...
"In the conclusion of an excellent 4-part article on Mustangs published in Air International, Dec 1983, the aircraft was said to have been delivered on 23 Feb 1945 and was USAAF service before being sold to Canada in 1951, where it served as 9283. It then went on the civil register in 1961 as N6322T before being bought by the Army in 1967. After the Cheyenne program was cancelled, it remained at Edwards where it flew chase for the UH-60 program.
On Feb 7, 1978, it was flown to the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker. Its last flight being the final flight of a Mustang in U.S. Military service."

For details on its 45 to 51 USAAF/USAF service, you'd need the aircraft card from Maxwell.

[Chappie]

What kind of USAAF history does this Mustang have?
Chappie

What I said in post five...
"In the conclusion of an excellent 4-part article on Mustangs published in Air International, Dec 1983, the aircraft was said to have been delivered on 23 Feb 1945 and was USAAF service before being sold to Canada in 1951, where it served as 9283. It then went on the civil register in 1961 as N6322T before being bought by the Army in 1967. After the Cheyenne program was cancelled, it remained at Edwards where it flew chase for the UH-60 program.
On Feb 7, 1978, it was flown to the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker. Its last flight being the final flight of a Mustang in U.S. Military service."

For details on its 45 to 51 USAAF/USAF service, you'd need the aircraft card from Maxwell.

Oh, missed that post. Thanks.


Chappie

[cwmc]

cwmc, TWA by chance?

Whatever gave you that idea?