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Unboxing a WW2 American Fighter, the P-51D Mustang

Project type

Editorial

Date

11th March 2024

Location

Biggin Hill Airport

The Arrival of 1944 P-51 Mustang 'Moonbeam McSwine' at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, the new addition to their fleet of aircraft to form part of their flight experiences from flyaspitfire.com. 'Moonbeam McSwine' once assembled by the engineers will start flying passengers in 2025.

In this Photographic series, on documenting the unloading process of the P-51 Mustang very much the same way as done 80 odd years ago during the Second World War. The unloading process, and how the aircraft is packed in the container is something not often see by the public. So this gives an insight into how you unload an aircraft from a container.

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