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3-view drawing of P-51D Mustang Nose of P-51 Gunfighter Wing with three .50 caliber machine guns Data from Erection and Maintenance Manual for P-51D and P-51K, [ 157 ] P-51 Tactical Planning Characteristics & Performance Chart, [ 158 ] The Great Book of Fighters, [ 159 ] and Quest for Performance [ 160 ]
Two P-51B/C Mustangs flying with two P-51D/K Mustangs. Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
This is a list of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs, including airworthy planes and planes on display. Lynn Garrison with RCAF 9281 – 44–73973, 403 Squadron, RCAF 1956. Subsequently, flown during 1969 Football War as FAS 407.
The Red Baron was a North American P-51D Mustang NX7715C, original serial number 44-84961. It raced from 1966 to 1973 under the names Miss R.J. and Roto-Finish Special, winning Unlimited Gold in 1972.
North American P-51D-25-NA "Passion Wagon" ("Race 51"), N332 (ex-44-74204), suffered a rudder failure and crashed in Salton City, California, resulting in one fatality. The aircraft was subsequently rebuilt, crashed again on 29 September 1990 and 12 September 1994, and as of 2001 is under restoration. [23] [128] [129] [130]
The Galloping Ghost was a P-51D Mustang air racer that held various airspeed records and whose fatal crash in 2011 led to several NTSB recommendations to make air shows safer. [1] Built in 1944 by North American Aviation for the Army Air Force, the plane was sold as postwar surplus.
Dago Red is a North American P-51 Mustang (44-74996), restored as a competitive air racer by Frank Taylor in 1981. Dago Red holds several world records, including the 15 km (517.323 mph) set in 1983. Frank Taylor piloted the plane to most of its world records in the 1980s.
Worry Bird is a North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang (ser. no. 44-73287) currently based at the Air Combat Museum at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. The aircraft was built in 1944 and delivered to the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) in the following year to serve in World War II.