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1945 P-51D "Mustang"
Manufacturer: North American Aviation, Dallas, Texas.
Engine: Packard-Merlin V-1650-7 piston, 1695 hp, V-12
Weight: empty 7,125 lbs, max takeoff 12,100 lbs.
Wing Span: 37 ft .5 in
Length: 32 ft 9.5 in
Height: 13 ft 8 in
Max Speed: 437 mph
Ceiling: 41,900 ft
Range: 1,300 miles
Armament: six 50-caliber wing-mounted machine guns and could carry two 1,000 lb bombs or six 5-inch rockets.
Number built: 15,018+
Airworthy today: 150+
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Notes: The museum's P-51D served with the North Dakota, Alabama, and Kentucky Air National Guards before being declared surplus in 1958. Having been contracted by the British during 1940, the first Mustang had an Allison engine, but was quickly upgraded to the Rolls-Royce Merlin, which, along with the Mustang's superb aeronautical design, gave the plane superior characteristics to Luftwaffe fighters, making it the hero fighter of WWII.
Read the
full history of the Mustang, and about WWII Mustang pilot Lt. Will Patton, and then try the
P-51 Quiz (you must download the quiz to your desktop, unzip it, and then double click the file to run it).
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