P-51C – First Test Flights – with Highest Scoring Tuskegee Airman, Lee Archer

P-51C – First Test Flights

Here’s a great clip from my archives, circa 2001, of when my North American P-51C had just finished being restored and was ready for its first test flights. The plane was painted in the famous Tuskegee Airmen Red Tails scheme to honor the Highest Scoring Tuskegee Airman, Lee Archer. I took Lee out to California to see the newly restored P-51C, “Ina, The Macon Belle,” and had him there to watch the first test flights of the beautiful craft. Come on along and relive those great moments with us.

Credit to : Kermit Weeks