@ Half Moon Bay, CA
April 2016
A P-51 Mustang “Comfortably Numb” makes a flyby after departing the 2016 Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show. The name is an homage to a previous owner of this P-51D, Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour. Gilmour flew this Mustang in the UK for several years before selling to a US buyer. This aircraft competed at the Reno Air Races in the late 1980’s with a sixth place finish. More than 8100 of the D-model were produced, contributing to the total of 15,000 Mustangs built for the war. After World War II, the P-51 Mustang served in the air forces of over 55 countries. This aircraft spent time with the air forces of Costa Rica and Indonesia before being sold to a private buyer.
