TWIN MUSTANG TRIUMPH
The warbird community celebrated a milestone on January 28 when Tom Reilly’s restored North American XP-82 Twin Mustang made its first official flight in 69 years.
Highly experienced P-51 Mustang pilot Ray Fowler flew the XP-82 from the left cockpit. The rare fighter was then scheduled to make 15 hours of flights to satisfy requirements for its FAA airworthiness certification. That will also make Fowler the world’s only currently certified F-82 pilot.
The Twin Mustang made a brief unscheduled hop on December 31, 2018, when a high-speed taxi test found the warbird airborne and the pilot wisely judged it would be better to keep flying than try
