This aircraft is a P-51K-10NT Mustang registered under the tail number N98CF and named "Fragile but Agile." It has the serial number 44-12016 and was built by North American in 1944. Its limited-category airworthiness certificate was issued in September 2010.

The civilian history of this particular aircraft is marked by its registration with the Federal Aviation Administration by its current owner, Comanche Fighters LLC, based in Houston, Texas, with an initial certificate issued in the spring of 2010.

Today, this aircraft participates in flight demonstrations for the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation. As part of this demonstration program, its qualified civilian pilots fly this historic World War II fighter in formation alongside modern fighter and attack aircraft of the United States Air Force to honor the history of American air power.