On 7/17/05 5:42 PM, in article , "Peter
Duniho" spewed:

"gregg" wrote in message
...
If 14,000 of them remained, maybe people would not consider losing one or
two as great a loss. Except, of course, the owners (and assuming no one
got
hurt).

A single P-51 lost still represents well under 1% of the total fleet. What
percentage was lost during their intended use? A lot greater than that, I'd
guess.



Each P-51 represents more than just a number in a fleet, they are history.
And damned good looking history at that. As the numbers slowly diminish,
each one takes on a greater representative portion and the history buffs
among us cringe at each passing.
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