What is also notable is that the aircraft he may have described – the North American P-51 Mustang – was actually conceived in haste a mere five years earlier. The P-51 was designed ...

The P-51 Mustang was an American-designed ... Mustang pilots claimed to have destroyed nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft. The ...

As new aircraft take to the skies, many historical planes face decay and risk being forgotten. Fortunately, dedicated ...

Local resident Chris Acker has logged more than 6,000 flight hours across his distinguished military career and retirement ...

In 1971, Reilly was working as a skydiving instructor in Kissimmee when he took a chance ride in a P-51 Mustang. The next day, he jumped into the airplane business. He bought four North American ...

Its first great success was the so-called “laminar flow” airfoil used on the P-51 Mustang. In theory, keeping the flow of air over a wing laminar, that is, smooth and free of even very small ...

Given the incredible success of the P-51 Mustang during the Second World War ... Even then, many of the parts necessary to get this one-of-a-kind aircraft back in the sky simply no longer existed.

Fitted to aircraft like the P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt, the AN/APS-13 warns the pilot with a light or bell if the aircraft comes within 800 yards from his rear. The system consisted of a 3 ...