And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
latest issue of sport aviation has a nice article on the P-51H. 600lbs lighter then the D, faster, longer ranged and able to climb like a batoutofhell. rare. 550 built. packard merlin engine. first time I saw one these, I thought something was wrong with it. Is it really a mustang? the vertical stabilizer and the radiator scoop have a very different profile. what a machine!
Nerves of steel. I wouldn't go on a strafing run with drop tanks.
ReplyDeleteI think it was some of the C models when they began the bubble canopy.
"into which it ran". Yes! The sentence wasn't ended with a preposition!
ReplyDeleteAh, for the good old days, when people wrote grammatically!
A P-47 would have been more effective for that ground straffing...
ReplyDeleteYes, they were, or I wouldn't be here. Thank you, P&W, and RIP, Dad.
Deletelatest issue of sport aviation has a nice article on the P-51H. 600lbs lighter then the D, faster, longer ranged and able to climb like a batoutofhell. rare. 550 built. packard merlin engine. first time I saw one these, I thought something was wrong with it. Is it really a mustang? the vertical stabilizer and the radiator scoop have a very different profile. what a machine!
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