The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engine fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the North American P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in World War II. The war ended well before the first production units were operational.

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In the postwar era, Strategic Air Command used the planes as a long-range escort fighter. Radar-equipped F-82s were used extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the Northrop P-61 Black Widow as all-weather day/night interceptors. During the Korean War, Japan-based F-82s were among the first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean aircraft destroyed by U.S. forces were shot down by F-82s, the first being a North-Korean Yak-11 downed over Gimpo Airfield by the USAF 68th Fighter Squadron.

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The example you see infront of you is the prototype version - XP-82 - This is powered by a pair of Rolls Royce Merlin Engines - Restored in Douglas GA, by Tom Reilly and his Restoration team - Later models of the P-82 / F-82 would become Allison engine powered - due to the royalty which Rolls Royce placed on the engines.

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Both of the cockpits are able to control the aircraft, each has their own individual controls and gauges