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Gordon H. Root, a Mustang Pilot Not To Be Forgotten: Honoring a Rochester, NY P-51 Mustang Pilot Lost Too Soon

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 7, 2025

Root was tasked with ferrying a P-51B-5-NA Mustang, serial number 43-6529, from Niagara Falls, New York to Newark, New Jersey, where it would be shipped to the European theater. After a brief reunion, Lt. Root resumed his mission. At approximately 1500 Eastern War Time, he took off from Rochester Airport.

Pilot

Pilot Horizontal Stabilizer Ferry Flight Cockpit

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

It flew 70 of the 87 ferry missions, including 46 of the 54 post-mission ferry flights from Dryden to the Kennedy Space Center. NASA This SCA was the first and only shuttle carrier used by the space shuttle program until 1990. But in 1989, the SCA got a sister.

Cargo

Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer

Aviator Connection

Gordon H. Root, a Mustang Pilot Not To Be Forgotten: Honoring a Rochester, NY P-51 Mustang Pilot Lost Too Soon

Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s

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