Be sure to scroll down and watch the video too. Then scroll all the way down to read the incredible story of this amazing machine.
http://www.platinumfighters.com/#!bf-109e/c7r0
Unlike old racing cars today, obsolete tactical aircraft with lots of combat time hardly ever make the journey from the field into private hands for restoration back to flying status.
If my dad ever found my cousins p-51, I'm sure he'd find a way to buy it
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My dad's (unfinished project) 1939 Ryan STA has bullet holes in the fuselage from the time when it was owned by a Bolivian General.
Restored back to flying status is great. Actually flying them, not so much. There aren't much of them left and when they get crashed and burn they are gone forever. It's amazing how many of these were built and how few are left. At peak manufacture, a plant in Detroit rolled out a new B-24 every hour. Every hour!! Eventually 18,000 were built. Having said that, hearing a seeing a P-51 roar by low and fast is a thrill to be experienced.
Amazing and beautifully restored machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUUlO6ihwE
We were invited to an air show car show with the local 356 club at an old grass airstrip.
For a few hours some amazing old aircooled planes from pre and post war started landing, along with all the 356 cars, it was really cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5LBUVS1T8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAgU-GUc1Q
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