During a NACA Retirees Reunion at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Sept. 15, 2000, retired NACA/NASA research pilot Bob Champine was reunited with NACA #127.
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During a NACA Retirees Reunion at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Sept. 15, 2000, retired NACA/NASA research pilot Bob Champine was reunited with NACA #127, the modified P-51D that he flew on aeronautical research missions at the Langley Research Center in the 1940s and 1950s. After deteriorating in a museum for decades, the P-51 was purchased and restored by a private owner, and flown to NASA Dryden on Edwards Air Force Base for the occasion. Read bio.