Bill, of course, you are right. Actually, when one looks at the chronology of the development of the Mustang, it proves what a wonder it was. There may never have been a design that went from a blank sheet of paper to being an effective AC as fast as the Mustang. I am partial to the name also as I went to high school and played football at Thomas Jefferson High in San Antonio, the Mustangs and graduated from Southern Methodist University, the Mustangs. As we have discussed before, though, I still think if the allies could have had only one fighter, timing irrespective except that it had to serve in WW2 and if it had to be ship board qualified, I would have chosen the Corsair. Aside from weight and balance issues and low speed controllability, in readying a Mustang to fly off of carriers, I wonder how salt water deposits would have treated the finish on the wings and fuselage of the Stang?