October 26th 1941 P-51 Maiden Flight.

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Originally Posted by mssl72

The P51 is an awesome aircraft. I was at Lackland Airfield and saw a version I have never seen before, the F82. The F82 is a twin version of the P51. I've seen a few of them now, only static display. I guess there's one flying!

There is one flying and one nearing completion. I used to visit the yet unfinished one at the Anoka County Airport in MN many times a year when it was located there. Somewhere I have many photos of the work being done on it.

Currently this is the only one flying. Here is the YouTube video of the find and partial restoration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQP0IHH3FTs

Here is the YouTube video of the flight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrkjSUU11c