Guppy, did you buy that sweet little tyke a P-51 in Red Tails colors? Sure looks like it... Perfect....
The minute the Mrs. e-mailed me and said she'd found Matthew and we were going to do this parent thing all over again, I ordered a Red Tail 51. It's the 1/18th 21st Century Toys bird. That was 3+ years ago. It's normally hanging from the ceiling as he's still wanting to see it 'fly' while Dad would rather it survive until he's older. But he's was asking nice so down it came.
As for flight school Dave, I'm not sure a deaf little guy can get a license. As for the fever. He does have it bad. Everything is a prop. I was telling guys during the scenario that he is often found lying on the dishwasher door looking up at the upper rack and spinning the sprayer. Heaven forbid if there is a ceiling fan too. He loves those things

Putting on the flight helmet with the goggles keeps him going for a while too.