P-51 Tuskegee Airmen Model and Real

Back again with another model vs real item.

This time, Dave Winfield's Tuskegee Airmen P-51 Mustang.

I was able to take the model to this weekend's Air Show here in San Antonio (Randolph Air Force Base),
and put it on the wing of the real Mustang that is used to promote the Commemorative Air Force
Red Tail Squadron initiative.

The photos were taken minutes after the airplane made some passes on the air show and landed.

While we were on that, some of the local Tuskegee Airmen Chapter arrived, and I took more photos
of the model in hands of the Tuskegee Airmen themselves.

The model is available at Dave's Paper Model Shop, and also in ecardmodels.com:
Here:
http://ift.tt/1NcaL7J













Left to right: Theodore Johnson, Eugene Derricotte, James Bynum and Grandville Coggs.








Then, the pilot, Bill Shepard, invited me to climb to the wing as I handle the model. It was a treat!

Oh yeah, I was wearing the Tuskegee Airmen cap, so I guess that gave Mr. Shepard a little more confidence that I was OK.






Last photo: Bill Shepard, pilot and Squadron Leader. Eugene Derricotte, Tuskegee Airman. Me.