NASM The P-51 was the darling of the Army Air Forces. Aerodynamically agile and acrobatic, the Mustang was fast and furious in its effectiveness in downing enemy aircraft.

In the course of conducting an analytical comparison of the Mustang, Hellcat, Thunderbolt and Corsair, they measured the P-51D’s roll rate at 71 degrees per second at 10,000 feet and 200 kias.

After making several calls, Jeanes phoned venerated P-51 pilot Bob Hoover to see if he could offer any advice. “Nobody’s got more time in a Mustang or knows more about them,” Jeanes said.

2nd Lt. Gordon H. Root of Victor, New York, never saw combat overseas-but his sacrifice was no less heroic. On November 26, 1943, while ferrying a P-51 Mustang for the U.S. Army Air Forces, Root ...

-The P-51’s durability and firepower, with six .50 caliber machine guns, made it a formidable opponent. -Mustang pilots shot down nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft, with over 250 achieving ace status.

Production of the P-51 Mustang began in 1940 at the request of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) to replace its outdated, and out-gunned, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. The earliest P-51s were powered by ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought ...

A P-51 Mustang flies alongside an F-16 at the National Cherry Festival Air Show 2022 in Traverse City, Michigan. Some consider the F-16 to be the Mustang's modern equivalent.

The new Alabama ANG’s F-35 flagship, with a red tail honoring the Tuskegee Airmen legacy, took part in a flyover at Dannelly Field, along with another F-35A, two F-16s and a P-51. The 187th ...

Previously, numbers for the GT were 359.9 hp and 348.3 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. With the P-51 intake, the same tune, and still 8 psi, the numbers jumped to 382.5 hp and 356.4 lb-ft. That's a ...