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4 days ago · Hanging in my judicial chambers at the National Courts Building in Washington, D.C., is a depiction of the Red Tails—P-51 fighter planes piloted by the Tuskegee Airmen—escorting American bombers back to their base during World War II.
4 days ago · The P-51 was the first U.S. fighter aircraft to fly over Europe after the fall of France. The Mustang destroyed 4,950 enemy aircraft in the air during World War II, more than any other fighter in Europe.
3 days ago · The P-51 was designed around the Allison V-1710-39 V-12 and a 5-foot 10-inch 140-pound pilot creating a very sleek and narrow fuselage. The P-40, which also used the Allison was originally designed for an air-cooled radial engine resulting in a large frontal area of drag.
3 days ago · The U/C doors of the P-51( or more correctly F-51 for Korea war as the US had stopped using the letter P for Pursuit and had adopted the F for Fighter) after engine shut can be at different angles to each other as the pressure in the system bled off.
3 days ago · Hi all and latest finish for me, Academy's P-51B in the markings of "Impatient Virgin" flown by Capt. Victor E. Bocquin, 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, Built for the P-51 STGB here on the forum. From what I've found here she was restored following a non-fatal crash during the war an...
5 days ago · WWII P-51 Mustang Aces. The above links to lists of aces is in no means a list of only "good" pilots. Many great pilots did not get their "5" aerial kills (victories) to become aces. Depending on where they were stationed, some did not have the opportunity to mixed it up with the enemy often.
1 day ago · The red panda ( Ailurus fulgens ), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail.
