Mustang/Spitfire
05-25-2011, 01:32 PM
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Mustang/Spitfire
If this doesn't make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, nothing will! 
FerociousFrankie.com - OFMC Duo, Duxford Autumn Air Show 2009
FerociousFrankie.com - OFMC Duo, Duxford Autumn Air Show 2009
05-25-2011, 02:18 PM
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Wanna make that video even cooler? Hook it up to a high def-surround sound sound and turn it up. Not as cool as being there, but close.
Agreed, one of the most aesthetically pleasing/"sexy" airplanes ever made. One of my college professors was one of the Americans that participated in the Battle of Britain, then later flew the P-51. Some of his stories about the airplane were great.
He said it broke his heart to watch the new arriving P-51's getting tore up right as the war ended as they were no longer needed and wouldn't be sent back to the states. All with nothing but the production test/ferry time on the airframes.
He said it broke his heart to watch the new arriving P-51's getting tore up right as the war ended as they were no longer needed and wouldn't be sent back to the states. All with nothing but the production test/ferry time on the airframes.
05-25-2011, 03:35 PM
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Both beautiful airplanes no doubt, The wing on the spitfire is a piece of art. But my vote also goes to the P-51. if I had the ultra huge pile o cash it takes to own a warbird though it's be an F8F Bearcat. Hands down the coolest looking prop driven airplane ever built IMHO.
05-25-2011, 05:06 PM
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The whistling sound is actually the gun barrels
The stick loading in the Mustang is pretty high compared to other fighters of the day...
Also - went through a cloud the other day in the Mustang... it was like a speed-brake.
The stick loading in the Mustang is pretty high compared to other fighters of the day...
Also - went through a cloud the other day in the Mustang... it was like a speed-brake.
05-25-2011, 06:41 PM
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I watched one do a flight demo some years ago. OMG what an elegant airplane with those gull wings.
