Thanks for the answers. FlyBoyJ, that was around the ballpark I had though myself, cheers. Avn-Tech, thanks for the prices, but buying a P-51 nowadays you could double the price, but do you double the maintenance also?
Still, I was was looking for more of maintenance hours per flying hour...
I bet this is common knowledge (is it?), but Spitfire Mk.I's .303 machineguns were targeted so that they all shot in the area of 2 feet in diameter at 250 yards. This meant that one second burst sent 10 lb of metal to that area, if well adjusted and fired. -Robert Jackson: Spitfire (book)...
Pure gold.
I have this reoccuring daydream (I daydream a lot) of owning Bf 109 G-6, because that's what Finnish aces used to fly in Continuation War (1941-1944). It would be so cool to do a low flypass at their funerals, nowadays Finnish Airforce takes care of that with F/A-18.
During the...
How much maintenance does a Mustang require nowadays? As measured in hours per flying hour? How much money for the spare parts per flying hour?
I know it's difficult, but some kind of thereabouts would be nice. Let's think the plane is in great condition, so we're talking just about the...