One of a Kind, Back in the Air — The XP-82 Twin Mustang
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Of the first two XP-82 Twin Mustangs built by North American Aviation in 1945, only one survived the scrapper’s torch. The first airplane accumulated less than 300 hours at PAX River before being scrapped in 1955. XP-82 44-83887 — although beat up, bent, and battered — had a somewhat better career and a brighter future.
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