A restored NACA P-51 Mustang in flight

A white plate on the top of the wing of a restored National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) P-51 Mustang mounts scale airfoil shapes as used by the NACA in the late 1940s for high-speed research. This former NACA testbed Mustang was rebuilt by John Muszala for Bill Allmon of Las Vegas, Nevada, who has been flying it since 1998. Allmon flew the vintage fighter to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California, Sept. 15, 2000 for a reunion of former NACA employees.
NASA Identifier: NIX-EC00-0277-1