For the first and possibly last time, the Australian National Aviation Museum has been offered a rare Australian built P-51 Mustang aircraft. Being a volunteer not for profit organisation, it is always a struggle to acquire aircraft, but this is the best chance we have ever had to fill one of the biggest gaps in our aircraft collection. We want to be able to finish the restoration and have it on display as a ground running example of the Australian made variant. It is the third oldest surviving (the other two have been lost to export over the years) in the world and the oldest remaining in Australia. This aircraft was used with 75 Squadron and then sent to CSIRO for cloud seeding trials in the 1950s and 60s - and worth noting we have the other aircraft, a Cessna 310, that was also used in those trials. It has been in private hands since 1984 and under restoration but due to health issues, the current owner now has to sell the aircraft. Help us achieve a major goal for the Museum and preserve this aircraft for future generations to admire a major piece of Australian aviation manufacturing heritage.

This goal is but a small part of the overall target, it's people power that will make this happen !  This target basically acquires the central fuselage and all relevant components - on other words, the main part of the aircraft.
The budget for the whole project is as follows :
Complete Aircraft Acquisition $250000
Final assembly, transportation, paint, electrical wiring, installation of engine and prop, display and ground run $100000

The most obvious obstacle is simply not raising the funds. If the funds are not raised the project will not be completed and we face the prospect of losing another piece of Australian aviation history to private overseas collectors.