The pilot of a rare airplane was forced to make a belly landing. It happened at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. The $2.2 million 1944 P-51 Mustang, had a problem with its landing gear.

A P-51 Mustang landed safely at Mobile Downtown Airport on Sunday after one of aviation’s living legends helped the pilot through a problem with the airplane’s landing gear.

"Earlier today, the CAF Red Tail Squadron's P-51C experienced a gear-up landing at Dallas Executive Airport,” said Stephan C. Brown, ... P-51 Pilot Makes Emergency Landing in Dallas.

The P-51 Mustang, which was in ... There appears to be some damage to the landing gear,” Durwin said. ... The Red Tail P-51C Mustang was to be on static display.

They utilized P-51 wings in initial versions, later switching to P-40 wings. The empennage and tail were repurposed from the Douglas A-24 Banshee, and the main landing gear came from the F4U Corsair.

The initial design incorporated wing panels from the North American P-51 Mustang, the tail assembly of the Douglas A-24, and the landing gear from the Vought F4U Corsair.