Mississippi Makeover
Over the past 35 years, the P-51 Mustang
Gunfighter left its mark in the hearts and minds of countless people who enjoyed flight experiences in the iconic World War Two fighter. Unfortunately, years of service as a flying memorial and educational tool left their marks on
Gunfighter too. In 2019, while attending a formation clinic at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation in Tallulah, Louisiana,
Gunfighter pilot Larry “Lumpy” Lumpkin engaged in a conversation with John and Daniel Mosley from Hangar 360° Aircraft Services located in nearby Bolton, Mississippi.
Lumpy had heard about John’s 360° Coatings, which is a line of products John Mosley developed that is gaining widespread praise in the aviation and automotive communities for superior protection of painted and polished surfaces. Lumpy knew other warbird operators had applied Mosley’s two-part ceramic coating with great success, but he was more interested in new paint than protecting