Cavalier F-51D Mustang II

This aircraft is owned and maintained by Biltema. The aircraft is painted as an aircraft from 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Pacific theatre at the end of WWII.
More info regarding the 118:th can be found here: http://www.118trs.com/history-of-the-118th

More images of the F-51 Mustang can be found here: http://www.e-pic.se/Aircraft/Aircraft-sorted-by-type/North-American/North-American-Cavalier-F-51-Mustang-II/

The The Cavalier Mustang was a post-World War II civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft. Although originally intended as a high speed personal aircraft, the Cavalier was also exported for use as a fighter and close air support aircraft to third world air forces.

In 1967, a decade after creating their first civilian P-51 conversion, Trans Florida was contracted by the United States Department of Defense to create military specification F-51Ds for export. These military aircraft incorporated most of the improved features of the civilian Cavaliers but were optimized as ground attack fighters. These aircraft were called Cavalier F-51D

Source: Daniel Nilsson and Wikipedia.

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