The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World War. The North American P-51 Mustang was born out of necessity and ...

In this WWII sim scenario, a P-51 Mustang faces a surprise Luftwaffe ambush over France circa 1944. With one wing critically damaged, the pilot fights to keep the aircraft level.

The P-51 Mustang was an American-designed ... and combat performance during World War II. Its low-drag wing was a notable improvement on most designs of the time, and the aircraft was enhanced ...

Edgar Schmued was put in charge of the design ... the P-51 include the Tuskegee Airmen-the first African American fighter pilots-and the legendary Chuck Yaeger. The final production Mustang ...

In duels over Eastern Europe, the agile fighter scored kill after kill David Kindy - Correspondent The P-51 Mustang ... made the Mustang a formidable fighter. The first was its sleek design ...

All of that is even more impressive due to the fact that North American had no previous experience with fighter design. While the P-51 Mustang would go down in history as arguably the best ...

The story of the P-51 Mustang ... that the Mustang. when matched up with the Merlin, would be superior in performance at any altitude over any other fighter then flying. And with wing tanks ...

If the North American P ... design in a different direction. As 1942 got underway, the two men worked tirelessly to modify the existing Mustang fighter airframe into a dive bomber. If the standard ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling ... A P-51 sits at the 187th Fighter Wing annual Tuskegee Airman Legacy Open House, June 2017, at Montgomery Regional Air National Guard ...

You can picture the scene, climbing into a scale P-51 Mustang and hearing the cackle ... The goal to put this plan to wing demanded over 25 years and an entire crew from engine designers/builders ...

load ammunition belts in the wing of a North American P-51 Mustang in Honington, England, in1944. (National Archives) In any case, by the end of December, McCubbin’s personal aircraft ...