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September 11, 2002 at 9:35 pm

P51 incident / accident

Just received the news that a modified P51 Mustang with the name of “Miss America” ran into trouble at Reno. Whether it is an incident or an accident I don’t know. Pilot is safe I understood. Airframe ???? (I never liked those modified warbirds)

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By: Bob - 13th September 2002 at 20:20

RE: P51 incident / accident

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 13-09-02 AT 08:32 PM (GMT)]Also see that “Critical Mass” the modified Sea Fury had a landing gear failure a couple of days before –

http://www.pylon1.com/public/gallery/gallery.cgi?Category=100109

for some shots of the recovery of the racer

(For a pic of “Miss America” – just before and after accident – http://www.airrace.org/index.php )