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Vet’s Wish fulfilled at Stallion 51
Kissimmee, FL – May 12, 2025 – Retired U.S. Army General Jerry L. Neff, U.S. Army, a 2024 Veterans’ Hall of Fame inductee and decorated
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Flight of Three Mustangs take off from Stallion 51
Always something exciting happening at Stallion 51 flight ops located at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport in central Florida. Keep an eye on all the
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Florida Aviation Network sharing the Stallion 51 experience
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our family to yours.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends from the entire Stallion 51 Family. Thank you for a wonderful year sharing
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2025 Air Show Season
Testimonials
“I have wanted to fly the P51 since I was 10 years old during WW2. The P51 was instrumental in my decision to pursue a career in aviation. Subsequently, I got to fly most of the USAF century fighters, plus several other neat airplanes. Today, 80 years later, on my 90th birthday, I got to fly with John Black in P51 Crazy Horse. A fantastic experience. I did most of the flying after takeoff, including loop, rolls and landing. All with substantial verbal input from John “Homer” Black, who was a USAF F-15 pilot. It was all it was advertised to be. I recommend the experience for any aviation enthusiast. It’s even better for an experienced pilot. Well done Stallion 51. Thanks.”
“One will note that every review is 5 star. There’s a reason for that. If you have any interest at all in Aviation History, or just flying, this experience cannot be surpassed. Flying Crazy Horse was a dream come true, the culmination of a 35 year old bucket list item. My pilot was Jerry “Jive” Kerby, (great guy, and superb pilot) and the only reason I give the experience 5 stars is because they don’t have more. On a scale of 1 to 100, flying a P51 rates about 500. Don’t wait until you’re as old as me (77), my inner ear betrayed me, and I made myself sick flying the plane. Do it while you’re young, and can enjoy every attitude of ACM (Air Combat Maneuvering). Notwithstanding the physical limitations I have, I plan to go back, and fly the jet. Stallion 51 is EWEP. (Excellent, Worth Every Penny).”
“Many years in the making and I was finally able to book a flight with Stallion 51 and Jerry “Jive” Kerby and the very fitting “Little Witch” TF-51. I took a ride in “Ho Hun” in 1989 but nothing compares to actually being the one in control of this beautiful airplane. She is a brute but handles like a Princess and was a dream to fly. Jerry was fantastic in his pre-flight, flight op and post flight explanations and directions and made you feel right at home. The staff from the smallest of jobs all the way up the line made me feel at home and took care of all my questions and needs. Do yourself a favor before you wish you had and book a flight in one of these extraordinary warbirds. You will not regret it.”
Flying the Mustang was one of the most exhilarating things I have ever done. I have absolutely no experience flying a plane, but my pilot Steve made me feel like a pro. Everyone there is extremely friendly and was a pleasure to talk to. I would recommend this to anyone that has a love for flying. It also gave me an increased sense of admiration for the pilots that flew these planes in combat. I cannot wait to do it again!
The Magic of the Merlin explained. Experience for yourself at Stallion 51 Flight Ops and take the controls of our dual cockpit - dual control Mustangs powered by the Merlin.
Having personally flown the TF-51 with you all back in 2017, It's an honor to have you share my post! Thank you!
She was a game changer
A herd of Mustangs gathered at Stallion 51 back in 1999. Who remembers the first Gathering Of Mustangs? Who attended the second Gathering of Mustangs? www.stallion51.com
Loved being at the show at Rickenbacker!!! Incredible to see that many Mustangs in one place!
Ok that has to be most of the flight worthy mustangs in the world😂
Am I daydreaming this but I remember Sun N Fun in like 95 or 96 and it was softly billed as the largest gathering of Mustangs since Korea (?)
I went to one of them. I do not know they had 2. They had a F-22. Arnold Palmer there. It was at Wright Patterson AFB. Went to the museum also.
I was at the one in Columbus in 2007. Got to meet several of the Tuskegee Airman. I was a member of Lucas Films. We were there gathering information for the movie Red Tails. If I remember correctly Bob Hoover was there...
I attended the '07 Gathering. I think we're due for another one. Good to see the Tom Wood, "HI-G" in the pic.
There was a 2nd???
I see Bardahl special in this pic. Well, she was wearing a different scheme back then 😉
The one in 2007 at Rickenbacker was one of the best air shows I’ve ever seen let alone the nearly 70 P-51s that attended!
Worked Thurs Fri Sat nights 6p to 6A extra duty at Rickenbacker Gathering. Flightline Thurs and Sat nights exterior perimeter mobile patrol Fri night. Just two of us patrolling the flightline a good part of the night with the Thurs to Fri shift a thick low level fog.
I was there! Used my bus to transport people, had the cadets from CAP volunteer as well; Pilots said there never saw this many Mustangs together, even during the war. According to the CAP cadets, Gen. Yeager had some “colorful” language 🤣
My most average Dad flew one on missions Iwo Jima to Japan. You do what you gotta do.
Would be great to see a gathering of this size again. Even with there being fewer ww2 veterans than in 1999 and 2007, it would be awesome and inspiring to those of us who love these vintage war birds Jerry O'Neill Nick Infantino
My son and I drove from NC to Kissimmee in 1999 for the original Gathering, which was awesome, but it got even better the next day. When we got up that morning to drive home, the whole area was socked in by thick fog. I told my son that if we drove back to Stallion 51 we might find some Mustangs and pilots waiting for the fog to lift. Sure enough, when we got to your facility, we found a whole bunch of Mustangs and only one pilot on the ramp.... Chuck Yeager, who was doing a pre-flight on Gary Honbarrier's "Glamorous Glen." This was after I had twice stood in long lines for his autograph on the previous day, only to lose out both times when he had to go fly. And here we had General Yeager all to ourselves. He could not have been nicer to us, stopping to sign our programs, posing for pictures, and giving advice to my star-struck son, such as, "Remember your grades. A stands for Awful, and F stands for Fine." I remember it like it was yesterday. And I went to Gathering II in Columbus. Both days. Best airshow I've ever seen. Oh yeah, and I flew Crazy Horse in 2017. Thank you for all the memories.
2nd one in Ohio,
MIKE ROBERTS on Mary’s phone: A gathering of Mustangs like I have never seen! All in one place! This must be some kind of dream. I think I’ll call it Mustang Alley.
I attended and have a DVD of the airshow!
The Ex and I were there in 99. What a glorious sound they made flying in formation that day!
I went to the gathering at Kissimmee in 99 on a George pick aerotours holiday...It was an amazing experience.
Was at Kissimmee. Saw Frank Borman, Bud Anderson and Chuck Yeager. Great to see so many Mustangs.
not Allison, Merlin
I was at the second one in 2007 at Rickenbacker airport outside of Columbus with my Dad, 1st Lt. Warner Jennings from the 359th Fighter Group. I wanted to find someone to let him sit in the cockpit of their Mustang and had a long string of reasons to talk someone into it. I approached "Abigail" flown by Capt. Jack O'Conner and before I could get any of my well rehearsed rationales out, he was already helping my Dad up the wing and into the cockpit. He sat in the cockpit for several minutes while the two of them talked about comparisons of control placements, the plywood floor back in 1944, etc. A great event and a great group of people. Feel free to visit the FB group 359th Fighter Group, 1943-1945
I remember the first. I had the privilege of going and that's where my son had his first love encounter with the Lancaster that Canada flew in for the show
I was there. It was a really fun event and quite a bit of work to pull that many in. I said to people, I think this was more of a meetup for the pilots and owners and vets, then the public was invited to help foot the bill!
I was a controller at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio at the time of the 2007 show and was fortunate enough to be detailed to the control tower at Rickenbacker for the weekend to provide coordination between the show site and the radar approach control at John Glenn. Needless to say, any free time I had was spent wandering the show grounds and soaking in as much of the atmosphere as possible. Definitely the highlight of my 30 year air traffic control career. If I had been eligible to retire at that point, I would turned in my retirement papers and walked out the door a happy man as soon as the weekend was over. What a way it would have been to finish a career!