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    eBay: North American P-51 Mustang

    North American P-51B-5 43-6754 (487th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, "Frances B Too") in forced landing at Steeple, Essex, England Feb 18, 1945. Pilot survived, but aircraft was destroyed.
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    No on-line photos of repainted TP-51C?

    Worth noting that if you look here, that process has been underway for about 7 years now. Time will tell if the a/c takes to the air again anytime soon, I guess...
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    No on-line photos of repainted TP-51C?

    What do you mean by, "perhaps Big Google is involved"?
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    No on-line photos of repainted TP-51C?

    Hi folks, I've read in this thread that the Collings Foundation's TP-51C, the former "Betty Jane" (N251MX), has been repainted in the colours of "The Stars Look Down", the two-seat P-51B that Eisenhower flew in over the Normandy battlefields in July of 1944. Yet, almost a year after the linked...
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    eBay: North American P-51 Mustang

    Anyone know the (possible) serial number of this a/c?
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    List of Propellers and Governors for Service Aircraft 1945

    Hi, I note that this site used to have a copy of "List of Propellers and Governors for Service Aircraft 1945", but now I can't seem to find it anywhere on the site. Anyone know why this is? Thanks
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    F4F fuselage life raft

    You might want to read this bit from the linked AirVectors article: "An inflatable life raft was carried in the fuselage behind the cockpit and could be ejected on ditching, but it was later deleted in favor of a raft in the pilot's survival pack. Inflatable flotation bags were fitted under...
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    F4F fuselage life raft

    Hi all, As stated here at airvectors.net, early F4F Wildcat variants featured a life raft in the aft fuselage behind the pilot, which was discontinued in later production. Does anyone here know at what point in F4F/FM/Martlet production the fuselage life raft compartment was eliminated? Thanks
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    What are you saying with the attached table?
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    If you read the attached document, there is no mention of an APS-6 installation in the (single-seat) F7F-3. Could that mean the APS-6 was retained in the F7F-3 but left inoperative? If so, that would mean the basic F7F-3 could be fitted with the radar operator's position of the F7F-2N if desired.
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    IIRC, your original version of post #26 states that the F7F-3 single seaters were built without radar, but seems to have been edited to state that they did indeed retain the APS-6 of the F7F-1/-2 models.
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    Are you using the cutaway to disprove EwenS's statements in post #14?
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    Maybe you could ask someone else about it (like FLYBOYJ, who I mentioned in post #7)?
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    Yes, maybe. Don't know for sure, though. What do you think?
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    F7F-3 with APS-6 radar?

    What is that photo meant to illustrate?
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