197?: Restoration as "Shangri-La", Pete Regina
1981 June: Test flown by Dave Zeuschel
1982: First P-51B to race at Reno Air Races since 1948
1986: The Believer, racer #97, Joseph Kasparoff
1996: Princess Elizabeth, Stephen Grey, The Fighter Collection - U.K.
1997 June: P-51 is crated and shipped to U.K.
1998 July: Disassembly and parts inspection begins.
1998 November: Shipped back to US for further restoration work.
2002: Shipped back to England for assembly
will probably be painted as before "Princess Elizabeth".
North American
P-51B/C Mustang
The P-51B was the first of the RR Merlin powered
Mustangs. There are only seven of them remaining, and this aircraft
is one of only three that are airworthy. She wears the colors of
Lt. William Whisner's
P-51C Princess Elizabeth.