another Air Racer!!
sort of....
in response to the well received Miss America air racer model
and all the requests for more "air racers", I have been on the look out for other designs.
Thanks to Rich and Ray for their suggestions.
Ray and I spotted a great looking and very interesting Mustang at the Air & Space Museum.
This P-51C Mustang was hanging from the rafters and we spotted it right away!
Some photos (that I took) of this plane [Excalibur III]
here
So this P51C was built in '44, but may not have gone into service with the USAAF.
It was put up for sale (into Civil service) in '46.
Owner Paul Mantz flew it in the Bendix Air Races from 1946 to 1949, winning two 1sts, one 2nd, and one 3rd place trophies.
He also set a Coast to Coast speed record in 1947.
The Mustang was later owned by Charles Blair and set a
record speed NY to London flight in 1951
and made the
first Trans Polar flight (Norway to Fairbanks Alaska) later the same year.
The model is already finished and will be released sometime in the next couple of weeks.
(...got a couple of other things in line before it)
I've already given Ray a copy of the model...who knows, we might see something built?