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Here are some screenshots from a couple of flights around the great scenery of Tillamook, Oregon.
Also, a little background information on the P-51D-25-NA "Moose/Candyman", as included in Warbirdsim's P-51D Restored Part 2 product.
44-73149, was built at the North American Aviation Factory at Inglewood, California, and was accepted by the USAAF on February 27, 1945. Arriving in England a month later, the aircraft was sent to the 8th Air Force, serving at Leiston in Suffolk with the 357th FG, 11 months later returning to Newark, NJ, in January 1946. From there it served with the Royal Canadian Air Force starting in 1947, operating from Suffield, Alberta. In 1957, it was sold privately and registered as N6340T. Bought for $5,400 in 1962 with a total of 511 airframe hours, it flew in the Unlimited Race at Reno in 1974, finishing second with an average speed of 384mph. The Fighter Collection purchased the aircraft in 1980, and it flew across the Atlantic to its new owners. Upon arrival, the aircraft was painted in 357th FG colors as "Moose/Candyman", a representation of the Mustangs flown by Lt. Myron A. Becraft as part of the "Yoxford Boys" during WWII. Since that time, the aircraft was sold to The Old Flying Machine Company, where it now carries the colours of Wallace E. Hopkins, as 'Ferocious Frankie', named after his wife Frankie, coded B7 H of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group. Although the aircraft is no longer painted in the colors of "Moose/Candyman", through the magic of flight sim, you can travel back and enjoy this classic scheme once again.
Also, a little background information on the P-51D-25-NA "Moose/Candyman", as included in Warbirdsim's P-51D Restored Part 2 product.
44-73149, was built at the North American Aviation Factory at Inglewood, California, and was accepted by the USAAF on February 27, 1945. Arriving in England a month later, the aircraft was sent to the 8th Air Force, serving at Leiston in Suffolk with the 357th FG, 11 months later returning to Newark, NJ, in January 1946. From there it served with the Royal Canadian Air Force starting in 1947, operating from Suffield, Alberta. In 1957, it was sold privately and registered as N6340T. Bought for $5,400 in 1962 with a total of 511 airframe hours, it flew in the Unlimited Race at Reno in 1974, finishing second with an average speed of 384mph. The Fighter Collection purchased the aircraft in 1980, and it flew across the Atlantic to its new owners. Upon arrival, the aircraft was painted in 357th FG colors as "Moose/Candyman", a representation of the Mustangs flown by Lt. Myron A. Becraft as part of the "Yoxford Boys" during WWII. Since that time, the aircraft was sold to The Old Flying Machine Company, where it now carries the colours of Wallace E. Hopkins, as 'Ferocious Frankie', named after his wife Frankie, coded B7 H of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group. Although the aircraft is no longer painted in the colors of "Moose/Candyman", through the magic of flight sim, you can travel back and enjoy this classic scheme once again.
