North American P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang

[pampa14]

The F-82 was the last propeller-driven fighter acquired in quantity by the USAF. It appears to be two Mustang fuselages on one wing, but in reality it was a totally new design. Its purpose was to provide a fighter carrying a pilot and co-pilot/navigator to reduce fatigue on long-range bomber escort missions. A lot of photos this aircraft can be found in the link:

Aviação em Floripa: North American P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang

 

[T Bolt]

Some good pictures on that website. Thanks for posting.

 

[Wurger]

Nice post.THX for sharing.

 

[Messy1]

How effective would these have been had they saw long and regular wartime service?

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool!

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots there! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Lucky13]

Good shots there indeed!

 

[GingahNinja]

My question is this...Who flew the plane? Which pilot?

Also how did the plane fly compared to the P51? Was it similar in flight or completely different?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Coincidentally, this month's AEROPLANE magazine has an 18 page database section on the twin mustang.

And from what I gather, in the night fighter version at least, it was flown from the left fuselage.

 

[gumbyk]

There's at least one currently being rebuilt:
XP-82 Twin Mustang Project: HOME

 

[johnbr]

net

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

A restored F-82 made its first flight a few days ago.

 

[johnbr]

Cool

 

[special ed]

The old Confederate Air Force (before political correctness) restored and flew the F-82, at Harlingen Texas, left as a display aircraft along with others by USAF . The USAF got their panties in a knot and took it back along with all of the other display aircraft.

 

[MIflyer]

The P-82's, equipped with the V-1650 Merlin engine, flew well but they built very few. The F-82's, equipped with the Allison V-1710 with an auxiliary supercharger, suffered from serious engine problems and the completed airframes, less engines, were trucked to the former Downey Vultee plant and parked for an extended period.

 

[johnbr]

xp-82 1941

 

[johnbr]

North American P-82 Twin Mustang under construction Batman_60

 

[fubar57]