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Okay, back on topic, so here goes. So it's the the whistling jackets on the .50s; nice tidbit to know, but ARE THEY or AREN'T THEY part of the airframe? (How many angels can dance on the head of a pin??)topic or I'll close the thread .
Non-countersunk round head VVS RIVET, pinhead.RAF, luftwaffe or USAF pinhead?
Prime!! Now add three Zeroes.
That left a smooth leading edge on the front of the wing. That also left the sound we are talking about.
Very short stubs that looked like gun barrels were installed. Same sound as before.
Then things got real serious and replica guns were made with all the 50cal belts and everything else that was on a combat aircraft. Again the sound was still there
Put that in your pipe and Smoke it, Stover!And it still is there depending on how the aircraft is being operated.
Put that in your pipe and Smoke it, Stover!
CHEERS!
Wes
I dont smoke thanks. And besides, it's not like anyone has come up with any concrete evidence. Just general assumptions and opinions as usual. Which i concede may very well be correct. But i wonder how many members here have actually been up in a P-51. And therefore have direct experience with this topic. Respectfully....
M
Der Adler hast gefliegen, night wahr?
Der adler ist ein glucklicher hund.In a 51? I have not...
A T-6 though.
My two years of German was over fifty years ago. I'm dredging out the dark corners of my memory. I did have to go to a site to figure out your Dutch.Hmmm, de vertaalsites op het internet draaien overuren hier...
Speciaal met het slechte duits
Just struggling to stave off our old friend, Al. (Herr Zeimer; surely you remember him, don't you?)Then I'll take my word back. Your german is very good for someone who hasn't used it for many years.
Says the guy who has to list all his achievements. What do you want another medal? I asked a simple question and behold the insults begin. You dont even know me yet the first thing you do is insult me. Well done, thats some intelligence you have there! You're not the only warbird flyer here. And i didnt take my last flight nearly 50 years ago. My grandfather worked at Castle brom plant. I lived across the road from the Castle Brom Spitfire plant. My grandfather taught me me everything there is to know about Spitfires and Rolls Royce engines. I dont presume to know the depth and experience of your knowledge. So please dont presume to know mine. Why does everything on this site have to turn personal. Is it an ego thing....Maybe you should smoke instead of wasting time on this site.
I started worked on P-51's starting in the summer of 1968 at Volpar, in Calif. Yellow with blue strip on side from Id. Lysander in '73, Merlins and Allisons after that. The engine shop I started now has 32 employees, and rebuilds everything from Merlins, allisons, Griffons, Carburetors, Wrights, Pratts and many German engines. There are over twenty engines in the shops at this time.
I have flown in and flown more Warbirds than I care to list. I have over 1,000 hours operating Merlins alone.
It is one thing to have an opinion. It is another thing to gum it to death.
Mike Nixon