The following dates have been announced by the CAF Dixie Wing, who will be touring their P-51 “Red Nose” with CAF Airpower tour. The CAF Airpower tour includes the B-29 Fifi. For more details on the tour, visit here: https://floridawarbirds.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/florida-caf-airpower-tour-in-2016/

The dates are:

February 24-28, Clearwater, Florida
March 2-6, Sarasota, Florida
March 7-9, Leesburg, Florida
March 16-20, Naples, Florida
March 23-27, Lakeland, Florida
March 30-April 3, Daytona, Florida

 

Here are the first set of dates for the Collings tour of Florida for 2016. More dates forthcoming.

Stuart, FL
January 15-17, 2016

Fort Lauderdale, FL
January 21-24, 2016

West Palm Beach, FL
January 25-28, 2016

Boca Raton, FL
January 28-31, 2016

Opa Locka, FL
February 1-4, 2016

Naples, FL
February 4-7, 2016

Fort Myers, FL
Feb 8-11, 2016

Venice, FL
Feb 11-14, 2016

American Aero Services is getting ready to paint a P-51.

Built by Norddeutsche Dornier at Wismar in June 1944, and transferred to the Luftwaffe on 13 July 1944, 931862 was assigned to 9./JG 5 as White 1+0. Flown by Unteroffizier Heinz Orlowski, this aircraft was shot down by North American P-51D Mustangs over Norway in the “Black Friday” engagement. It was recovered in the early 1980s from a Norwegian fjord. Originally under restoration in Kissimmee, Florida, USA by The White 1 Foundation, it was transferred to The Collings Foundation in 2012, and is expected to be returned to airworthy status.

The Florida Commemorative Wing has posted their Fall newsletter online. Details are here: http://www.caffl.org/newsletter/CAFFloridaWingFallNewsletter2015.pdf