Flight of the Red Tail (2009)

Original title

The Red Tail

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the restoration of a World War II P-51 Mustang that was originally flown by the Tuskegee Airmen. It shows the effort to make the plane fly again after a crash in 2004.

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What happens

Flight of the Red Tail is a 2009 historical documentary film by Adam White about the Red Tail Project's successful return to flight of a World War II P-51 Mustang. The plane had been originally flown by the United States Air Force 332d Fighter Group as a bomber escort for the Allied Forces in the European Theatre of World War II and serves as a travelling and flying tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. It had become inoperable during a 2004 crash after having been restored for exhibition flying once before in 2001. The Red Tail Project is a part of the Commemorative Air Force. The film is a sequel to Red Tail Reborn which brought attention to the attempt to relaunch of the plane after the 2004 crash. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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