North American P-51 Mustang

[dbudd]

Sorry Dave..but by the time I got around to this plane it was almost time for the show to break up. The pilot/owner apologized but he was not in a talkative mood having answered question from "idiots" all day. I understood.

Yes..those white add-ons were the section where test instruments measured airspeed and such. In a dive the plane would stay sub-sonic but air over those sections would go super sonic. That is what I was told. The A/C was also fitted with an extra six inches to make the tail taller and more stable.

This A/C was rescued from atop a pole. More pics here..

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=124-44756&distinct_entry=true

Dave

[dbudd]

More on NACA 127 here..

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/mustangs.html?c=y&page=6

Dave

[Joe Copalman]

Awesome.  I am so glad he didn't follow the well-worn path of those who paint their P-51s up as ace-mounts, especially given the unique history of this airframe. 

[Jay Beckman]

Don't think I've posted this one before...

"Double Trouble" from Friday at Luke last year:

[Ned Harris]

Jay: That is a beautiful image. I saw her at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends back in Ohio.

[Jay Beckman]

Thank You Ned.

[Matt Ottosen]

Another shot of "February" coming in for a landing after her Heritage Flight practice with an F-4 and an F-16.

[CJPalmer]

Su Su and its pilot/owner at the Cactus Fly In in Coolidge. We'll miss them.

[Joe Copalman]

February.  In March.

[Jay Beckman]

"Happy Jack's Go Buggy" from Friday Arrivals at DM:


Quite proud of this one as it was shot with the 500mm + 2X TC
Handheld at 1/180...

[BillOz]

Prescott 2006

[Bubak]

[Matt Ottosen]

"Stang" arriving for the Breakfast Fly-in at Coolidge Municipal Airport (P08).

[Jay Beckman]

Excellent capture Matt!

[Matt Ottosen]

Excellent capture Matt!

Thank you!