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Inside the Cockpit of the P-51 Mustang (With a Warbird Expert)

This video features a full tour of a P-51 Mustang cockpit, featuring John Currenti of the Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia. Here, he walks us through a tour of the inside of the cockpit as well ...
Morning Overview on MSN

P-51 Mustang speed and horsepower finally explained

The P-51 Mustang stands as an iconic World War II fighter plane renowned for its exceptional performance capabilities, ...
The National Interest

P-51 Mustang

The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so North American simply fused two P-51s together. During World War II, the ...
autoevolution

The Only Thing Better Than a Mustang Mach-1 Is This P-51 Mustang

Decidedly fast, deadly if given the chance, well made in its latter iterations and able to fly over long distances, the North American P-51 Mustang is one of the best aircraft in the world. Also, one ...
IndieWire

New 360-Degree VR ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ Film Puts You in the Cockpit of a P-51 Mustang as a Whole New Way of Teaching History

These immersive cinematic storytelling techniques illuminate history in a very unique way. On June 2, 1943 Lieutenant Charles B. Hall of the Army Air Forces shot down an enemy Italian fighter plane ...
The National Interest

The P-51 Mustang Almost Came Back To Replace America’s A-10 Warthog

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Air Force does like its high-priced jets, and cost is a lingering issue for hundred-million-dollar aircraft like the F-35. But while a propeller-driven aircraft ...
inforum

World War II pilot's flight in restored P-51 Mustang sparks 'a lot of good memories; some bad ones'

FARGO – For the first time in 69 years, a decorated World War II pilot was back in the cockpit. Capt. Jervis Van Vleck Heimbach, now 93, reminisced about his experiences in the war at the Fargo Air ...
Flying

New P-51 Mustang Look-alike Takes Off

The FK-Lightplanes SW51 is a new 70-percent scale replica of the P-51 Mustang, developed by a Polish company in partnership with ScaleWings, which recently completed its first flight. It is ...
Orange County Register

B-17 Flying Fortress, P-51 Mustang and more: Wings of Freedom vintage aircraft show flies into John Wayne Airport

On Wings of Freedom they arrived Wednesday at John Wayne Airport. The World War II era aircraft – including a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – are in town for the Wings of Freedom Tour, which will ...

WWII era aircraft B-29 DOC and P-51 Gunfighter visit Bay County

Two of the nation’s most iconic warbirds still flying today, just touched down in Bay County. The B-29 Super-Fortress, known ...
Jalopnik

This P-51 Mustang Restoration Includes Operational .50cal Machine Guns

There are few crafts that demand such attention to detail as high-end aircraft restoration. Millions of dollars are plowed into aircraft in horrible shape, some even pulled from glaciers or the sea, ...