At this weekend’s “Wings Over Dallas” airshow at Dallas Executive Airport, Commemorative Air Force (CAF) P-51C “Tuskegee Airmen” will fly in public for the first time in a while, commemorating Veterans’ Day. The appearance is noteworthy in that it was just a little over a year ago that the rare razorback Mustang was extensively damaged in a Nov. 4 runway excursion accident.
I believe this one is just painted to be a Tuskegee Airman plane, but the CAF does have what is believed to be the only surviving plane actually flown by the Tuskegee Airman in training. The aircraft serial number and history was confirmed by Air Force records and one of the Tuskegee Airman remembering the runway excursion that took that plane out of service…
Interesting coincidence.
Thanks CAF ! Hard to believe that that they can keep a airplane designed to last around 50 hours of use in war and still have it flying some 75+ years later for others to admire/enjoy.