The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so ...

This Monday, New Year's Eve, Reilly's ultra-rare XP-82 made history and took to the skies for the first time in decades, becoming the only airworthy Twin Mustang in the world. The F-82 aircraft ...

One of the most extraordinary warbirds in the skies today, the prototype North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, meticulously restored by Tom Reilly, is now available again for purchase through ...

Recovering half of the Twin Mustang in 2008. We first covered this incredible restoration project back in 2018, before the reborn XP-82 had actually taken its first flight. Since then the plane ...

Finally, in 2008, Reilly was able to acquire the Twin Mustang and begin restoring it ... Although originally designated an XP-82 when built, the aircraft is referred to as an XF-82 in the NACA ...

Just two models of the 1945 XP-82 Twin Mustang remain in private hands, and this is the only one that can still fly. The aircraft’s unique double fuselage has prompted decades’ worth of double ...

In some cases these “defective” P-51 parts ended up being intended for the Twin Mustang project, and would get added to the collection of parts that would eventually go into the XP-82 restoration.

North American XP-82 Twin Mustang 44-83887 on test flight over Sierras, 1945.U.S. Air Force On June 27th, 1950, five F-82s were performing a high-stakes escort mission for Air Force transports ...

Though it won't be ready to fly at Oshkosh, as previously expected, we may get to see this XP-82 Twin Mustang fly soon. “We bought that at Walmart. They had a special on them,” jokes Tom ...

The F-82 Twin Mustang was one of them ... prototypes had to be made. They were called XP-82, and the one in the gallery above is one of them. Having been restored a while back, the airplane ...

The only flying Twin Mustang leads the way for a Boeing B-29 (the restored Doc), a flight reminiscent of the P-82’s intended—but unrealized—role as a bomber escort in World War II.