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The vertical photo is a doctored fake. The AP was totally duped on that shot. I did a photo analysis on that photo and it is an obvious fake, IMO.
Thank you Sir.
I humble appreciate your honesty, and I think speaking for all here, we all do too. Ideally you shouldn't have to put yourself out like this regarding such an event, just as with todays media, you can partially see how it went that way here.
I hope too as stated many times in the few relative threads to do with this, that the bereaved, injured lost and wounded recover as well and quicker than expected. Offering my continued humble thoughts of solace to them, with remorse for our human natures of inquery and hypothesis.
Respects to you Sir, for nodoubt having to go to a few/many sites for such reasons.
Lewis M Cummings/raor1uk
P.S. Welcome to the forum too, pity were it not for better reasons...
One of the first things changed on a racing Mustang is the wing and tail incidence. Simply put the angle of incidence is the fixed angle at which the wing and tail are mounted to the fuselage. On a stock airplane the angle is optimised to give best cruise performance. As stated, when speed increases the amount of trim becomes greater to maintain level flight. The Mustang, and T-6 for that matter, are very trim sensitive. Speed and power changes require retrimming. On the racing Mustangs the incidence is adjusted to obtain a high speed trim-free profile. Any time a trim tab is moved it creates a drag penalty which is unacceptable in the racing environment. Who am I to spout off? I instruct in T-6's and I fly P-51C Betty Jane for CF.
jim