27-30 September 2007: A gathering of Mustangs and Legends at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus Ohio.
I arrived on Friday, but the show started Thursday, rain and all. This pic of Mustang Row is provided courtesy of the Big D.
Mustangs Forever!
Cincinnati Miss represents the 353rd Fighter Group, 350th Fighter Squadron stationed in Raydon, England in 1944.
This Mustang was delivered to the 8th Air Force in 1945 and like many other Mustangs
arriving towards the end of the war, served with other Air Forces in the 1950s.
Princess Elizabeth is a P-51C, an early variant of the Mustang, before the famous D model
with greatly improved visibility afforded by the bubble canopy.
Crazy Horse is a dual control Mustang in the colors of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. You can fly this aircraft while another person rides with you, in a position to take control of the aircraft should the need arise.
This machine has flown in American, Australian and Canadian airspace. Truly an international bird.
Little Horse was one of the last Mustangs built in Texas in 1944 and was totally restored in 1996.
Sweet and Lovely sports the markings of Lt. Bill Pattillo's Mustang of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.
Here is another 352nd Fighter Group Mustang, this one in tribute to Maj George .E. Preddy.
Maj. George E. Preddy was the top Mustang Ace from WWII with 26 aerial victories. Checkout the Preddy Memorial Foundation website.
Ace Robin Olds' Mustang
Gunfighter is restored in the colors of the 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing.
I saw this bird by chance at the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Mesa Arizona in June 2006.
This aircraft bears the marking of Ace Lt. Bob Goebel's Flying Dutchman.
Diamondback displays the colors of the 356th Fighter Group, 360th Fighter Squadron.
Gentleman Jim is on the ramp!
Crazy Horse is on the ramp!
It's show time!
Moonbean McSwine is rolling!
Let's go!