Cable Airshow 2009
B-25 Mitchell "Pacific Princess"
This
is the North American
B-25 Mitchell. Made famous by the Doolittle Tokyo Raid, the Mitchell is
the only aircraft made before or since that was named for an
individual. William "Billy" Mitchell was a very vocal advocate for air
power. He was also an innovator of air tactics. Pacific Princess was
flown for many years as an air tanker before going into the movie
industry in 1968. This is another of the "Catch-22" aircraft that has
also been featured in other moveis, including the movie Pearl Harbor,
where it flew off the carrier USS Constellation as "Whirling Dervish".