29.07.2009, 01:59
couple things about warbirds in civil use. paint schemes change alot, especially when money's involved. once that money dries up a new paint scheme is adopted. still that way today.
there were a lot of 51b's around then, in fact after the war three guys (names long forgotten) bought up most of the p-51b's,c's, and d's that the army air force would otherwise have scrapped and in fact had at the time the worlds' third largest air force (try doing that today). today the only two flyable p-51b's i know of are jack roush' and kermit weeks' planes and one owned by someone i don't know that will be attending the air races this year (SWEET).
anyway, point is that alot of times civil owners take several paint jobs to find what they like or allow their airplanes to be painted up in someone elses colors in the interest of not having to foot the bill for gas.
there were a lot of 51b's around then, in fact after the war three guys (names long forgotten) bought up most of the p-51b's,c's, and d's that the army air force would otherwise have scrapped and in fact had at the time the worlds' third largest air force (try doing that today). today the only two flyable p-51b's i know of are jack roush' and kermit weeks' planes and one owned by someone i don't know that will be attending the air races this year (SWEET).
anyway, point is that alot of times civil owners take several paint jobs to find what they like or allow their airplanes to be painted up in someone elses colors in the interest of not having to foot the bill for gas.