Col. C.I. Williams (retired) and Gary Webb pose with a P-51C and Gary's P-51D.

Gary says, "My Tuskegee Mustang has now been retired due to the last two weeks events in Dayton, Ohio. My Mustang was used as a center piece at both the Centennial of flight celebration for the Tuskegee black tie dinner here in Dayton at the Convention center and at the Black cultural festival honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. At the Dinner there was forty Airmen present. I knew this would never happen again and this was the Centennial of flight celebration combined. There are only 27 pilots left. I decided to create a historical record of the event by having all of the Tuskegee airmen and their ground crew members present to sign the aircraft. We photographed each one signing the aircraft. It was then put on display at both the Black Cultural Festival and now on display at the Tuskegee Airmen Tent at the Dayton Air show. This is why building scale is so great. By building this airplane in tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, I have had an experience of a life time"