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The P-51 Mustang "Six-Shooter" (44-22580) was rebuilt
after World War II by the US military and was sent to the Bolivian
Air Force as a counterinsurgency aircraft. The aircraft was returned
to the United States, and Chuck Hall purchased the P-51 in 1995.
For 10 years, Chuck Hall has flown his P-51 Mustang "Six-Shooter"
as part of the United States Air Force Heritage Flight Demonstration
Team, averaging 18 air shows per season. He is one of only a
few civilian pilots in the United States of America qualified
to fly propeller driven fighters in formation with USAF jet fighters.
He retired from the USAF Heritage Flight Program in 2008.
Chuck Hall is a member of the Society of Experimental Test
Pilots, with over 30,000 flight hours in commercial and military
aircraft, and 2,000 hours in warbirds. He has flown the Douglas
DC-4, DC-6, DC-8, DC-9, Lockheed L-1011, C-130, Constellation,
F-104, Boeing B-707, B-720, B-727, B-747, Convair 880, Curtiss
C-46. While he was in the US Army, he flew the Bell H-13, and
the Sikorsky H-19 and H-34 helicopters.
He has also flown the following warbirds: the Grumman F4F
Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F8F Bearcat, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Vought
F-4U Corsair, Douglas A-1 Skyraider, and the P-51 Mustang. He
has flown in the USAF F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon, and
the US Navy F-18 Hornet at Top Gun.
Each print is signed by Chuck Hall. |