CF-FUZ

Windsor, Ontario - CANADA

CF-FUZ - This is how this particular P-51 Mustang appeared at the Dominion Day Airshow in 1974. Alas - it is no longer painted a stylish black, white, and red. I've always felt that if you could put a P-51 Mustang into a tuxedo - this is how it would appear.

More about this particular aircraft can be found on this page.

http://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-63889.shtml

Happily - it hasn't bee taken to Reno, Nevada and flown into the ground by some egotistical moron with more dollars than SENSE. I have very strong opinions about taking irreplaceable pieces of aviation history - aeronautically "hot rodding them" - and flying them at the ragged limit until they break and scatter themselves across the desert floor. I can't really sympathize with the pilots. They're (supposedly) sentient beings who should know better. These aircraft are entirely at our mercy - and need to be protected from this sort of nonsense. Pentax Spotmatic w/200mm F:4.0 Super Takumar