It's a bird . . . it's a plane . . . it's a Mustang?

EAA Airventure Oshkosh is standing tradition that Fox Valley residents are quite familiar with.

And while approximately 10,000 aircraft and 650,000 visitors are expected to make the trek to Oshkosh this year, EAA will be showing off something a little different from their ordinary airplane fare.

This Sunday, a one-of-a-kind AirVenture Mustang, the Mustang AV8R, will be unveiled to aviation and automobile enthusiasts. While the vehicle was named after the P-51 Mustang fighter plane used in WWII, this special edition Mustang was developed by the team at Ford Racing to be exceptionally aviation-inspired.

While the 2009 Mustang GT is pretty incredible in its own right (seriously, you can get a glass roof on this edition), the Mustang AV8R turns it up a notch. The car features Black Gloss accents on its Satin Silver matte paint job, and the interior features distressed "bomber jacket" leather inserts. The AV8R even has an appliqué autograph area for the several aviation legends expected to be in attendance at this year's event.

The Mustang will be auctioned off on July 31, and proceeds will benefit the EAA's Gathering for Eagles program, a scholarship program for kids interested in making aviation their career. We'd say this is a pretty successful fundraiser - when Ford donated a Mustang Shelby GT-H in 2006, it sold for $250,000.

Wow. And we thought we'd only get one cool look at an exclusive Mustang this month. Guess there's a first time for everything.