Rebuild Update
It Looks Like A Plane Again
On Sunday, May 3, 2009, the intrepid Red Tail Project rebuild team was in Wahpeton, ND for a very special workday with the folks at Tri-State Aviation: mating the fuselage of the Mustang with the wing. The sun was out, the air was warm and the atmosphere was one of jubilation at what had been accomplished - taking a very broken warbird and putting it back together again.
Tuskegee Airman Major (ret.) Joe Gomer was also there to witness the event. When asked for his thoughts about having the airplane standing on its own landing gear again, he said, "I was so happy to be there. I consider this to be a memorial to four of my 1944 tent mates, Faulkner, Maple, Williams and a replacement, also Tuskegee-trained pilots, who never made it back home."
Work will continue on the plane to get it ready for flight tests in the next few weeks.
Here is a link to pictures of the CAF Minnesota Wing's Tuskegee Airmen as the wings are attached to the fuselage and the plane stands on its wheels once more. These were taken on Sunday, May 3rd at Tri-State Aviation's facility in Wahpeton, ND.
