The Yak-11 armed with one nose-mounted machine gun and able to carry up to 440 lb. of bombs would be the first victim of the North American F-82 Twin Mustang ... Note the large pod housing the ...

The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so North American simply fused two P-51s together. The Second World War ...

To clear up confusion from the outset, North American Aviation's Twin Mustang was known ... it was referred to as XF-82. Then, in 1948, it was renamed the F-82. Clear as mud?

At a max airspeed of 475 mph (764 kph), the Twin Mustang was 35 mph (56.32 kph) faster than her single-engine predecessor. However, the P-82/F-82 did not one-up the P-51D in armament, still ...

With one cockpit devoted to radar and the other to flying, the F-82 Twin Mustang — nicknamed “double trouble” — was born. What they didn’t know was that the Twin Mustang was destined to ...

This Monday, New Year's Eve, Reilly's ultra-rare XP-82 made history and took to the skies for the first time in decades, becoming the only airworthy Twin Mustang in the world. The F-82 aircraft ...

But the war ended before the F-82 “Twin Mustang” became operational, and the advent of jet fighters ultimately made the idea obsolete. Just five examples of this unique piece of history are ...