1946: NX1202 (Paul Mantz) #46 "Excalibur" air racer
1950: N1202 (Charles Blair) "Excalibur III"
1951: 31 Jan - Record flight from NY to London
1951: 29 May - Record flight over North Pole to NY
1952: (Smithsonian Institution, NASM)
1988: on display at California Museum of Science/Industry
2000: moved to NASM, Washington D.C.
North American
P-51C Mustang
Excalibur III
This is a beautiful aircraft! This P-51C came in first in the 1946 and 1947 Bendix Air Races. On 31 January 1951, it flew from New York to London in 7 hours, 48 minutes, breaking the existing speed record by 1 hour and 7 minutes. This record stands today for reciprocating-engine, propeller-driven airplanes.