RE: Hours on type

I am not aware of any minima, but I should think that total time
on relevant types counts as well. Assume we have two display pilots
in spe, each have 1,500 hrs total time, of which 50 hrs are in each
their P-51 display aircraft. Pilot A is a Cessna 152 pilot with
1,450 hrs on that type who won in the lottery. Pilot B learnt to
fly in a J3C and progressed through Tiger Moths, Stearmans, Harvards
before also winning in the lottery. Which pilot could safely
be trusted with a display? Crude example, but in my opinion it
goes to show that the question cannot be answered easily. And before
any asks: I have nothing against Cessna 152 or their pilots (am one
myself)!

Kenneth

RE: P-51D

While a return to the USAAF colour scheme is historically
correct, the Swedish colour scheme is equally historically
correct! In view of the amount P-51’s in USAAF markings
would it not be a refreshing variation to leave the aircraft
in its present colour scheme? I always liked the Swedish
post WW2 markings, and tend to think that this one looks
rather nice…! But: I’m not the owner, and his choice must
be respected.

In reply to an earlier posting, I believe that the previous
operators indeed had to remove the three yellow crowns in the
roundels; at least they were missing from the wing roundels
when I saw it in Denmark in the late eighties.

Kenneth