eBay: North American P-51 Mustang (1 Viewer)

[Peter Gunn]

The left inner gear door looks to be only about halfway down, perhaps it just arrived or was recently run up and the hydraulic pressure hasn't fully come down?

 

[Airframes]

Yep. The inner doors were closed after the gear extended. With hydraulic bleed-off, they would gradually sag open, but not always fully open.

 

[Simon Thomas]

This photo was taken in Wodonga, Victoria around 1984.
I am 98% sure that the serial number on the side was A68-583
It would have been shipped to Bakersfield California around 1985.
Any idea where it is now?

 

[Navalwarrior]

This photo was taken in Wodonga, Victoria around 1984.
I am 98% sure that the serial number on the side was A68-583
It would have been shipped to Bakersfield California around 1985.
Any idea where it is now?
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Resp:
Couldn't verify its location, but google brought up this; a P-51K flown by RAAF.

 

[Snautzer01]

*WWII photo- P 51 Mustang Fighter plane Nose Art w/ Kill- JACKIE* | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

*WWII photo- 14th AF- P 51 Chinese-American Fighter planes CHIHKIANG China * | eBay

 

[Wurger]

 

[johnbr]

mike furline Tailhook Topics: Seahorse

 

[Wurger]

 

[Navalwarrior]

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Resp:
Did any excessive stress show up in the tail structure during landing tests?

 

[johnbr]

The modifications included:

• "Fin Fillet Extension" which enhanced low-speed operation.
• Tail hook (for obvious reasons)
• Catapult hook
• High pressure tires
• Higher pressure in the shock absorbers
• Reinforced airframeThe modified P-51D started testing in September of 1944 under test pilot Robert Elder. The tests were carried out at Mustin Field in Phillidelphia on a modified runway fitted with a catapult and arresting cables. Throughout September 1944 to October 1944, 150 launches and recoveries were made on this modified runway. One big concern was that the aircraft would need to land around 90mph and the stall speed was 82mph, not much of a margin.In late October 1944 the next stage of testing started, carrier landings/launches at sea. Lt. Elder made all the carrier landings at 85mph and was pleased with its handling characteristics, but there were issues:
• • Stall speed margin was extremely low, too low for safety
  • Rudder control at low speed and high angles of attack was inadequate
  • Landing attitude had to be very carefully controlled to avoid airframe damage
  • Go-arounds required slow throttle advancement. The extreme power of the Packard/Merlin engine meant that a high-power fast throttle advancement could put the aircraft into a roll or snap-roll. At low speeds this would prove a fatal mistake.
• Only 25 launches/recoveries were made in the suitability trials and Lt. Elder did not believe that the Mustang had a place in carrier operations.
  It was a moot point anyway. By early 1945 Okinawa and Iwo Jima were won by the allied forces. Each island had airfields that were taken over and provided a close base of operations for aerial attacks on Japan. In August 1945 Japan announced its surrender and it was official September 2, 1945. The P-51 wasn't required to be used from a naval platform anymore.
  The project wasn't forgotten though. North American presented the NAA-133 based on the P-51H, which was a carrier operations "Mustang". It didn't go any further than the design stage though. In 1947 a P-51H was acquired to test new catapult equipment. Either way the war was over by that time and we didn't have to put any more effort into modifying the aircraft for carrier operations.
• Mustang! - Documents

 

[Snautzer01]

Jersey Bounce

Original WWII Snapshot Photo - P-51's With Nose Art, P-80 Project | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

*WWII photo-1265th ECB- P 51 Mustang ACE PILOT Fighter plane w/ 19 KILLS- 4th FG | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

Original Soldiers Photo Of P51 Mustang | eBay

 

[Navalwarrior]

*WWII photo-1265th ECB- P 51 Mustang ACE PILOT Fighter plane w/ 19 KILLS- 4th FG | eBay

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Reps:
4th FG 336 SQ, some of those 19 kills were either ground kills . . or this Mustang was flown by more than one pilot.

 

[Snautzer01]

Reps:
4th FG 336 SQ, some of those 19 kills were either ground kills . . or this Mustang was flown by more than one pilot.

Why?

 

[Navalwarrior]

Why?

Resp:
That's right, the 4th FG flew Spitfires and P-47s before switching to P-51s.

 

[fubar57]

Resp:
That's right, the 4th FG flew Spitfires and P-47s before switching to P-51s.

RESP: ?

 

[Peter Gunn]

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[Snautzer01]

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I think response.