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Originally Posted by rexus31
A couple of years back the POCI National was in Ontario, CA. One of the outings was to the Chino Air Museum where they had dinner in one of the hangers and an opportunity to have you car photgraphed alongside a P-51D. Here's mine:

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Great picture!
I'm a Republic guy, cause Dad was a Thud pilot. I love the Jug, the Thud, and the A-10. Thing about Republic planes, they could take a beating and still get the pilot home. Growing up in Las Vegas, our neighbor was a corporate pilot for the MGM Grand back in the 70s, he said he and his buddies would buy P-51, Corsairs, etc in the early 50s for
maybe a grand, and that was for the really clean ones.
Maybe a grand...