This is a repaint for the P-51D Mustang included in the full version of the Reno Air Races expansion for MSFS 2020, as well as the P-51D included by default in MSFS 2024. The repaint depicts the restored P-51D Mustang USAAF Ser. No. 44-72035, registered as G-SIJJ, owned by Robert Tyrrell and operated by the company Aerial Collective at Duxford, England, providing experience flights. The aircraft is painted in the markings of "Tall-In-The-Saddle", a P-51D of the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, one of the units of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, based at Ramitelli Airfield in Foggia Italy 1944-45, flown by Capt. Wendell Lucas and Lt.Col. George Hardy.

This repaint features an almost complete reworking of the original product textures, and includes all new cockpit, wheel well, landing gear and landing gear door textures, all custom to match the real aircraft with the correct colors and other details. A full set of stencils are present across the exterior of the aircraft, specifically matching this restoration.

This aircraft was originally manufactured as P-51D-20-NA USAAF Ser. No. 44-72035 and delivered to the USAAF on December 21, 1944. It was delivered to the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) and served with the 31st Fighter Group based at Mondolfo Airfield near Fano, Italy. It remained in Europe after VE-Day, and was eventually shipped back to the United States in October 1945 and placed into storage. In 1947, it was pulled back out of storage and overhauled for service with the Air National Guard. Among many other ANG assignments, it served with the Oklahoma Air National Guard 125th Fighter Squadron. In 1953 it was released from active duty and enterred storage at McClellan AFB in 1956. In 1957, it was one of numerous P-51Ds sold surplus at the great McClellan AFB auctions, purchased for $1,100 by Whiteman Enterprises of Pacoima, California, and registered as N5411V. At the time, the aircraft had only 1,083.15 hours total-time. The aircraft would pass through a number of civilian owners over the next few decades, including a brief stint operating in Colombia, registered as HK-2812P and -2812X. After returning to the US in the late 1980s, it was acquired by Frenchman Jacques Bournet and relocated to St. Rambert, France, where it was restored in the Pacific Theatre markings of "Jumpin Jacques" and re-registered F-AZMU. The Mustang was sold to its current owner, Peter Teichman, in 2002, and has been based at North Weald Airfield in the UK, as part of Teichman's Hangar 11 Collection. In addition to being a popular sight at airshows throughout the UK and Europe, Teichman has invested a lot in returning the Mustang to an ever more original wartime configuration, including a stock cockpit. In 2016, the aircraft was refinished in the markings of "Tall-In-The-Saddle", a P-51D of the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group. For many years, Peter Teichman wrote about the possibility that the aircraft had served with one of the units of the Tuskegee Airmen, citing the indication of red paint found around the inside of the tail, as well as partial records that showed that it had been sent to the MTO. Initially, when painted in 2016, it was even presented as being the original wartime "Tall-In-The-Saddle", and Lt.Col. George Hardy was flown over to England to see the aircraft first-hand. However, in 2018, a historian had the aircraft's original full wartime records pulled, and it was discovered that it had actually served with the 31st Fighter Group, not the 332nd (the 31st FG also used red on the tails of their Mustangs, but striped, not solid).

In October 2025, Peter Teichman sold the Mustang to Robert Tyrrell, and the aircraft is now based at Duxford, England, maintained by the Aircraft Restoration Company and operated by Aerial Collective, which provides experience flights to the public (passengers riding in the back seat).

A couple of notes about the textures:

- While the canopy framing has been repainted to black, matching the real aircraft, there are two screws at the rear of the canopy which remain green. The reason why they must remain this way is because the same texture is also used by other 3D screws around the cockpit which need to remain green.

- The yellow wing bands do not extend onto the bottom of the flaps, because that is how they are on the real aircraft as well.

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P-51D Mustang "Tall-In-The-Saddle" G-SIJJ

This add-on features a detailed repaint of the P-51D Mustang for both MSFS 2020 Reno Air Races expansion and MSFS 2024, depicting the restored G-SIJJ aircraft themed as "Tall-In-The-Saddle." The textures are extensively reworked to authentically match the real aircraft, including custom cockpit, landing gear, and exterior stenciling. The livery represents a P-51D associated with the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, the famed Tuskegee Airmen, based on historical research and restoration details. Special attention is given to accurately replicating specific colors and markings seen on the actual aircraft currently based at Duxford, England.

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