by Frederick Johnsen | Aug 20, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250904, Aviation News, B-17, flying, General Aviation, Of Wings & Things, Opinion, p-51, Pilots, Warbirds
War-time pilots were told ditching a B-17, P-51, B-24 and other warbirds was a “last resort.” Read...
by EAA | May 11, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, Member Stories, p-51, Tuskegee Airmen
By John Klassen, EAA 781675, Headingly, Manitoba; Lyncrest EAA Chapter 63 member Who doesn’t like hearing about stories from WWII where the P-51 pilots were the aces that turned the tide of the war? I have been to Oshkosh several times over the years and met several...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, p-51, women in aviation
By Barbara A. Schmitz Vicky Benzing wanted to fly a P-51 so bad that she took the training course to get qualified in the Mustang in hopes that someone would need her to ferry one. When that didn’t happen, her husband gave her a die-cast model of a Mustang. But today...
by Frederick Johnsen | Oct 16, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20231109, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, mustang, p-51, Pilots, Reno Air Races
The 2023 National Championship Air Races attracted a number of vintage racing aircraft to the final event held at storied Reno/Stead Field (KRTS), including the pristine white P-51D Mustang known as the Bardahl Special. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 26, 2023 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, p-51, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Kent Shiemaker submitted this photo and note: “Another view of the beautiful P-51.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 16, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20231005, Aviation News, Briefings, Commemorative Air Force, Feature, flying, General Aviation, p-51, Pilots
Officials with the Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia flew its P-51 Mustang fighter to Florida recently to help surprise a World War II veteran and former P-51 pilot who was celebrating his 100th birthday. Read...
