ShawFest P-51
The P-51 Mustang is one of the historical aircrafts flying at ShawFest. The first Mustang took to the air on October 26, 1940 as an advanced version of North American Aviation P-40 designed in 1933. It reached speeds around 382 miles per hour, exceeding the speeds of the old design. It quickly became one of the elite aircrafts in the aviation world. They destroyed over 4,900 enemy aircraft in World War II in the European theatre and were used as dive-bombers, bomber escorts, ground attackers, interceptors, trainers and transports.