Great shots, sisu. Hoover's Mustang arrived on Saturday of the races this year and was parked in the Heritage Row, but of course was dragged out for the evening photo shoot on the Saturday.
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Great shots, sisu. Hoover's Mustang arrived on Saturday of the races this year and was parked in the Heritage Row, but of course was dragged out for the evening photo shoot on the Saturday.
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Great photos guys.
I'll thrown in a couple here myself if that's ok.
This is P-51D 44-72216 'Miss HELEN' (G-BIXL), photographed (through gaps in a wire boundary fence) at the first Sligo Airshow in Ireland last June.
According to the owner's webpage, she was the personal mount of Capt. Ray Littge of the 352nd FG at RAF Bodney, Norfolk, and named after his fiancée Helen Fischer. He was credited with 10.5 aerial kills with previous aircraft, plus 6 ground victories with 'Miss HELEN'. His tour ended shortly after, and she briefly became 'Miss NITA' as the mount of Capt. Russell Ross, who flew her until the war ended in Europe. Full history here:
I'll thrown in a couple here myself if that's ok.
This is P-51D 44-72216 'Miss HELEN' (G-BIXL), photographed (through gaps in a wire boundary fence) at the first Sligo Airshow in Ireland last June.
According to the owner's webpage, she was the personal mount of Capt. Ray Littge of the 352nd FG at RAF Bodney, Norfolk, and named after his fiancée Helen Fischer. He was credited with 10.5 aerial kills with previous aircraft, plus 6 ground victories with 'Miss HELEN'. His tour ended shortly after, and she briefly became 'Miss NITA' as the mount of Capt. Russell Ross, who flew her until the war ended in Europe. Full history here:
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The Mustangs of Miami did have some competition. The top third of the field were all Mustangs, but the middle races had some competition...
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Nice shots!
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Ciuchetton, the middle racer above, has lived an adventurous life Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American-Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-18-Mk 22 Mustang, s/n A68-198 RAAF, c/n 1523, c/r N286JB. It was the first Australian Mustang imported into the U S, I think, and the Italians from Bakersfield had a very difficult time getting it properly registered in the States. Once all the paperwork was settled, the airplane was active for several years as a superstock Mustang Racer. A lovely polished racer, N86JB was always a pleasure to photograph.
It was the only Mustang racer to regularly fly with a copilot -- Wile E. Coyote was always in the back seat. He also handled security for the airplane in the pits...
It was the only Mustang racer to regularly fly with a copilot -- Wile E. Coyote was always in the back seat. He also handled security for the airplane in the pits...
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Here is "Cloud Dancer" some years earlier than in the post above. She has some simple bolt on bits to go a bit faster -- clipped wing and horizontal, and low canopy along with a P-51H propeller. With spray bars and a strong -9 Merlin you could run the Reno course about 40 mph faster than a stock airplane. Those were the easy and (relatively) cheap miles per hour. The next 40 mph were a LOT more expensive.
That canopy was around for 40 years and used for racing on several airplanes. Nobody ever used it for more than a year or so -- between the height and the distortion from the curvature it was apparemtly a frightening thing to land...
That canopy was around for 40 years and used for racing on several airplanes. Nobody ever used it for more than a year or so -- between the height and the distortion from the curvature it was apparemtly a frightening thing to land...
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Not surprised with that canopy... great photos guys.
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Back in the 1970s the airplane was hired for a movie project -- a movie called "Cloud Dancer". The movie sank like a stone, but the sharkmouth and the name came with the gig. The Mustang has never been well suited to a sharkmouth, but this was the best I've ever seen. Jimmy disliked the sharkmouth and removed it after a year or so, but the airplane remained "Cloud Dancer" til it was sold into the TF-51D industry many years later.
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