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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: RicOShay on November 11, 2012, 01:24:55 PM

Title: Great video on flying the P-51D
Post by: RicOShay on November 11, 2012, 01:24:55 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kucukjb-SVo

Way back in 1965 I went to Chino airport in southern california and there were two P-51D's sitting on the flight line with Costa Rica markings. They were military surplus planes and they were both for sale.
Each plane had a "For Sale" sign in the cockpit and the price for each one was $10,000.  NOW THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

Title: Re: Great video on flying the P-51D
Post by: Babalonian on November 12, 2012, 05:52:07 PM

Their (Chino) air show's theme/aircraft this year was P-51s (same as our's, likely for the same reason too with the Red Tail's movie and buzz).  Our museum's P-51 was unfortunatley finishing a top-half overhaul then and wasn't able to attend the gathering, but it was extremely special/rare to see ~ a dozen P51s together on the flight line that weekend.

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/7150972531_6aaf0e8f57_z.jpg)

I'm curious where those CR birds you saw ended up, might even of been at the same airport again this year.