Flight Journal

Sixteen Hours in “Old Crow”

The two were joining up to head west, all the way to Auburn, California for Anderson’s 100th birthday party on January 15.

Decades ago, cross-country trips in single engine WW II fighters were commonplace, but flying 5,000 miles in a P-51 nowadays is rare.

Famed NASCAR team owner Roush bought and restored the Hagedorn Mustang

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