Story and photos by Philip JohnsonXP-82
twin MUSTANG
photo shoot
On May 31st our group met in Douglas, GA at the Douglas Municipal
Airport, KDQH. During WWII this airport was used by the Army Air Corp
as a primary pilot training facility. We had a group of 7 photographers,
William Morgan, Matt McVicker, Brent Clark, Kedar Karmarker, Kurt
Affholter, Craig Rembold, and myself. We all met at the FBO around
1:30pm and then walked over to Tom Reilly’s hangar were the XP-82
Twin Mustang was located. Tom was kind enough to give us the full
tour of the aircraft and give us some details about the plane. After a
couple of hours talking with Tom and shooting detail shots of the XP-82
we started breaking up and preparing for the evening shoot. I don’t re-
member exactly when the first group took off, but it was around 6:30pm.
I had the last flight of the group and finished up around 7:40pm. After
we were all on the ground, we were busy getting ready for the engines
running night shoot. I have to give a big thank you to Scott Slocum, of
Air2Air Adventures, for contacting Tom Reilly and setting this shoot up.
It was a great experience.