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.
The transformation to the bubble canopy totally changed the look, it looked perfect from then on, with that angular rear tail section. Had that standing still fast look about it.
Wonder sometimes, what would you get mounting a nice powerful turbo shaft in place of the Merlin, 6 blade variable pitch, twin dump tubes sticking out. See what its handling performance could be, edging up on mach 1 in level or maneuver flight.
I remember reading about a proposed conversion to an 1,800hp PT6 turboprop in the late '80s but I don't think any were built. Before that there was the PA-48 Enforcer. It was built by Piper but no military bought it. Al_in_Ottawa
Good fighter but if I had a choice, I'd entrust my life to a P-47 because it would get you home.
P-47 flying ace Robert S. Johnson found that out when the German ace Egon Mayer sat on his tail and dumped his full load of ammo into Johnsons plane and failed to bring it down.
I flew the P-51, loved it! I was the last of the test pilot instructors to get to fly it that day, so I ended up spinning it after sunset. Loved it! Especially the flames at night during taxi coming out of the exhaust; very cool. I still have the old VHS tape taken from the tail camera. It was hard work to fly, though. I can't imagine flying 4 or 5 combat sorties in it per day.
file:///C:/Users/Internet/Downloads/Cavalier_Mustang.pdf . . . also, I have seen a photo of a Mustang, modified for air racing, which had the radiator scoop removed and with radiators buried in the wings, with slots in the leading edges for cooling air.
The transformation to the bubble canopy totally changed the look, it looked perfect from then on, with that angular rear tail section. Had that standing still fast look about it.
ReplyDeleteWonder sometimes, what would you get mounting a nice powerful turbo shaft in place of the Merlin, 6 blade variable pitch, twin dump tubes sticking out. See what its handling performance could be, edging up on mach 1 in level or maneuver flight.
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I remember reading about a proposed conversion to an 1,800hp PT6 turboprop in the late '80s but I don't think any were built. Before that there was the PA-48 Enforcer. It was built by Piper but no military bought it.
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CW, your favorite watch guys have a P-51 commemorative coming out.
ReplyDeleteI saw that. They're marketing geniuses.
Deletei'm afraid of flying but the P-51D Mustang has always fascinated me?
ReplyDeleteIt’s missing some intermediate models but that is a cool graphic.
ReplyDeleteGood fighter but if I had a choice, I'd entrust my life to a P-47
ReplyDeletebecause it would get you home.
P-47 flying ace Robert S. Johnson found that out when the
German ace Egon Mayer sat on his tail and dumped his full
load of ammo into Johnsons plane and failed to bring it down.
Put the P-82 Twin Mustang at the end.
ReplyDeleteClassic plane, classic car … is there a marine variety Mustang?
ReplyDeleteI flew the P-51, loved it! I was the last of the test pilot instructors to get to fly it that day, so I ended up spinning it after sunset. Loved it! Especially the flames at night during taxi coming out of the exhaust; very cool. I still have the old VHS tape taken from the tail camera. It was hard work to fly, though. I can't imagine flying 4 or 5 combat sorties in it per day.
ReplyDeletefile:///C:/Users/Internet/Downloads/Cavalier_Mustang.pdf . . . also, I have seen a photo of a Mustang, modified for air racing, which had the radiator scoop removed and with radiators buried in the wings, with slots in the leading edges for cooling air.
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