Unrestored Mustang to be sold

摘要

North American P-51D Mustang 44-77902 is for sale in Texas via Platinum Fighters. Described by the latter as being "maybe the last original unrestored P-51D in original military configuration", the 1944-built aircraft operated with the Guatemalan Air Force from 1954 to 1972. It then joined the US civil register as N38227 and flew on until 1983. Having been stored in a controlled climate for more than three decades, it is believed to retain all its original armour plating and eguipment. The Mustang is offered for sale as part of a larger collection of related items, including around 20 Merlin engines and several containers of P-51 parts. The asking price for the hoard is $4.5m (£3.65m).