This is a repaint only for the payware Warbirdsim P-51D "Little Friends" product. The basis of A68-1, the first CA-17 Mk.20 model, was shipped to Australia in a set of parts from the Dallas North American Aviation plant, in order to serve as a prototype to start off the production line of Mustangs at Commonwealth Aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force. The components arrived in April of 1945, and the aircraft's first flight following completion in Australia came in May of 1946. A68-1, as well as five other CAC Mustangs, took part as test-subjects in atom bomb testing at Emu Claypan, South Australia, in 1953. The aircraft faired surprisingly well, and all were eventually salvaged years later, in 1967, by Stanley Booker. A68-1 was actually repaired on the spot in a few short months, and flown out. Eventually sold to the U.S., parts and the identity from A68-1 still fly on today, in the form of "Jeanie Too" N51WB.
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Warbirdsim CA-17 Mk.20 Mustang RAAF A68-1 2024-07-08
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This is a repaint only for the payware Warbirdsim P-51D "Little Friends" product. The basis of A68-1, the first CA-17 Mk.20 model, was shipped to Australia in a set of parts from the Dallas North American Aviation plant, in order to serve as a prototype to start off the production line of Mustangs at Commonwealth Aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force. The components arrived in April of 1945, and the aircraft's first flight following completion in Australia came in May of 1946. A68-1, as well as five other CAC Mustangs, took part as test-subjects in atom bomb testing at Emu Claypan, South Australia, in 1953. The aircraft faired surprisingly well, and all were eventually salvaged years later, in 1967, by Stanley Booker. A68-1 was actually repaired on the spot in a few short months, and flown out. Eventually sold to the U.S., parts and the identity from A68-1 still fly on today, in the form of "Jeanie Too" N51WB.
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