Modern Day Mustang war up

[drgondog]

For those of you who have never heard a 1650-7 Merlin in prime health warm up - enjoy. Cranking at 1200 rpm then revving to ~2200 before shut down..

If he was going out he probably should run it up briefly to ~ 2800-3000 rpm to clean the plugs.

Done at our 355th FG Reunion at Davis Monthan April 2008... done in Noble Peterson's(pilot) Bob Coleman (crew chief) YFM Dakota Kid colors - 358FS/355FG



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzzXziGZ24I

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

I can't image what several hundred of them must have sounded like.
Thanks Drgondog.


Wheels

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[sunny91]

Good engine sound..

 

[GrauGeist]

Very cool!

That would have been excellent to see first-hand!

 

[drgondog]

Dave - that first belch of smoke with all the WWII vet crew chiefs watching closely was a sight to see and not evident in this pic sequence.. was something to watch.

The original crew chief and pilot of YFM - Coleman and Peterson - were there..

Noble Peterson paased away about 8 months ago but Bob Coleman still sharp as a tack. He had one abort from September 1943 through May 1945 maintaining both the early Jugs and the early 'tempermental' Mustangs all the way through the P-51D-30's.