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Melbourne Air & Space Show, Florida.
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Melbourne Air & Space Show, Florida.
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North American P51D Mustang N251CS 463747 USAAF 44-74977 Charlottes Chariot II
Aircraft was constructed at Inglewood California USA in 1944 the tail markings are from a P51 Based in France at the tail end of WWII 44-463747
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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Melbourne Air & Space Show, Florida.
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P-51D Mustang Fighter Plane “Gentleman Jim” by North American Aviation.
Aren’t aircraft fascinating!
I attended the 2018 Thunder Over Michigan air show in August. An interesting mix of old and new aircaft of all kind were on display and flying.
The airplane to the right with “TEST” painted on it is a rare Bell P-39 Airacobra. I believe it’s the only one restored and flying in the world.
P51-D MUSTANG
A brilliant large scale model on show at RAF Museum, Cosford in the general shop area.
Details of the pilot of this aeroplane here:
Titan T-51B Mustang N751TA 4324823 Sugar North American P51 Mustang Replica
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2019
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Melbourne Air & Space Show, Florida.
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Trowell Junction 18-3-22 66709 crosses onto the Slow at Trowell whilst working 6F78 Tunstead-Wellingborough
Morning 6th November. I was awaiting sunrise in one part of the forest, one with a well exposed slope, but forgot to make an 'astronomical correction', i.e. account for the fact that the sun rises somewhat more to the south as winter nears in northern hemisphere. So after a small jogging I ended up facing this bushy dike just when the rays set in, combing it... Taken with a 1953 Lumière Lumirex with expired 1992 s-400 Fuji neg respooled onto paperband.
A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, North American Aviation’s P-51 Mustang was the first U.S. built fighter airplane to push its nose over Europe after the fall of France. Mustangs met and conquered every German plane from the early Junkers to the sleek, twin-jet Messerschmitt 262s.
Although first designed for the British as a medium-altitude fighter, the Mustang excelled in hedge-hopping strafing runs and long-range escort duty. It made a name for itself by blasting trains, ships and enemy installations in Western Europe and by devastating Axis defenses before the Allied invasion of Italy.
The Mustang was the first single-engine plane based in Britain to penetrate Germany, first to reach Berlin, first to go with the heavy bombers over the Ploiesti oil fields in Romania, and first to make a major-scale, all-fighter sweep specifically to hunt down the dwindling Luftwaffe.
One of the highest honors accorded to the Mustang was its rating in 1944 by the Truman Senate War Investigating Committee as “the most aerodynamically perfect pursuit plane in existence.”
The North American prototype, NA-73X, was first flown on Oct. 25, 1940. At least eight versions of the Mustang were produced.
Technical Specifications
P-51D
First flight (XP-51)May 20, 1941
Wingspan37 feet
Wing area233 square feet
Length32 feet
Horizontal stabilizer span13 feet
Height8 feet 8 inches
Power plantPackard V-1650 "Merlin" 1,695-hp V-12
Speed425 mph indicated (490 mph in P-51H)
Landing gearHydraulically operated retractable main gear and tail wheel
PropellerHamilton Standard, four-blade, hydraulic, constant speed, 11 feet 2 inches, non-feathering
RadarWarning radar in tail to signal approach of other craft from rear (later models)
Armament(Various models) 10 “zero rail” rockets under wings; six .50-caliber machine guns; bomb racks for up to 1,000 pounds of stores or extra fuel tanks under the wings
A restored USAF P51 Mustang from WWII flying during the Warbirds demo at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It flew alongside an F4U Corsair and a P38 Lightning .
Showcasing some fine warbirds at RIAT this year. An RAF Spitfire, A USAAF P51 Mustang, and a state of the art F35 lightning.
Melbourne Air & Space Show, Florida.
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The 2015 Patriotic Festival airshow is not happening this year. It seems like the beach airshows did not get enough business support to survive.
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October