A36 is ALIVE

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 11:31 am

Jim, you going to get to fly her?

She sure is purrrrty! Long Live the Allison Mustangs! :wink:

ChrisDNT · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 11:31 am

Wonderful aircraft and so rare !

Hoping it get a finish it merits, that means : interesting and accurate finish, no glossy painting, no overchroming !

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 12:11 pm

ChrisDNT wrote:

Wonderful aircraft and so rare !

Hoping it get a finish it merits, that means : interesting and accurate finish, no glossy painting, no overchroming !

I think that based on the other paint choices made for the Friedkin-family collection of warbirds - no need to worry!

Their P-38, F6F, Corsair, and Spitfires are just a few of such excellent examples that feature accurate, yet very interesting paint schemes.

ChrisDNT · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2010 2:40 am

This is very good news, John, Friedkin's family warbirds just look beautiful AND accurate, just like real WWII planes.

gale_dono · **Joined:** Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:32 pm **Posts:** 328

Is this one a fully original A-36, or does it have P-51D parts like P-51A "Polar Bear"? Nice either way.

marine air · **Posted:** Sun May 16, 2010 10:25 pm

Um , it's a flyable A-36. Who cares what it tool to get it back into the air. Would love to see some in flight pics with the dive flaps extended.

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Sun May 16, 2010 10:28 pm

It is a completely original A-36, with a traceable history, as well as having been previously restored and flown already, prior to its recent rebuild. More information about it can be found here: http://mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51sur ... -83731.php

Some nice photos of it from this weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/albireo/46 ... 1/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albireo/46 ... 1/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25616404@N ... 5/sizes/l/

In some photos I've seen of the Mustang flyby's, they stacked them very cleverly, with the leader being the A-36, followed by the P-51A, then the P-51C, and then P-51D's.

Iclo · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 6:48 am

Perhaps a stupid question, but... a A-36 could be flown with a Mustang type rating, or there is a specific rating to have ?

Regards

Jim Beasley · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 9:11 am

This one is registered Limited, so it's not a problem. Any experimental Mustang requires a cert for experimental mustangs.

Iclo wrote:

Perhaps a stupid question, but... a A-36 could be flown with a Mustang type rating, or there is a specific rating to have ?

Regards

Django · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 9:48 am

Wow, that looks fantastic in the air!

Does this mean it's staying NMF??

Rob.Brindley · **Joined:** Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:55 am **Posts:** 38

That does indeed look excellant. I think it would be fantastic to see the Horsemen lead by the A-36 with a P-51 B or on Left wing with a D on right, And really showcase the history of the Mustang

ChrisDNT · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 11:56 am

Wow, natural aluminium is so beautiful on WII aircrafts (too bad so few Mustang are left this way).

By the way, has someone some infos on this A-36 (both pics from past Ebay auctions) ?

lmritger · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 12:38 pm

ChrisDNT wrote:

Wow, natural aluminium is so beautiful on WII aircrafts (too bad so few Mustang are left this way).

By the way, has someone some infos on this A-36 (both pics from past Ebay auctions) ?

Not 100% positive on this, but it looks like a VERY colorful bird... red surround on the nat'l insignia, possibly a red rudder and aft spinner housing, with a white spinner cone. Probably based stateside with a training unit; I'd be interested to learn more on this.

Thanks for sharing these!

Lynn

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