Precious Metal was destroyed in a fire during a fuel stop en route to the Reno National Championship Air Races in Nevada on 8 September 2015.
North American
P-51D Mustang
Precious Metal
This P-51D-25NA (S/N: 44-73518) was owned by Ron Buccarelli. It was powered by a 3,200 hp Rolls Royce Griffon and had unique contra-rotating three-blade propellers.
It is not the same aircraft as the P-51A Precious Metal that crashed at Oshkosh killing Gerry Beck.