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North American P-51 Mustang
Recordings
- P-51 Mustang, Jumpin Jacques
- P-51 Mustang, Marinelle, August 2009
- P-51 Mustang, Janie, August 2009
- P-51 Marinell and Janie on take off
- P-51 Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" performing a slow roll
- P-51 Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" Fast
- A pair of P.51 Mustang aircraft at Old Warden, 6th June 2010
P-51 Mustang, Jumpin Jacques
Sound recording of the North American P-51D-20-NA "Jumpin Jacques" (serial 44-72035, UK register G-SIJJ) based at the Hanger 11 Collection, North Weald. Recorded in June 2009.
"Jumpin Jacques" is a P-51D-20-NA model, built at North American's Inglewood facility in California. Accepted by the USAAF on December 21 1944 as 44-72035 she was originally earmarked for service with the Eighth Air Force in England but this was quickly changed to Project Number 91037R, indicating service in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.
Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin V-1650-7.
P-51 Mustang, Marinelle, August 2009
P-51D-5NA "Marinell" (serial 44-13521) registered as G-MRLL, powered by a Packard built Merlin V1650-7.
P-51 Mustang, Janie, August 2009
P-51D-30NT (serial 45-11518) registered as G-MSTG, powered by a Packard built Merlin V1650-7.
This aircraft was previously owned by the New Zealand Airforce as NZ2427.
P-51 Marinell and Janie on take off
P-51D-30NT "Janie" and P-51D-5NA "Marinell" take off from the grass strip at Little Gransden. Recorded at the Little Gransden Children in Need Airshow, August 2009
Both aircraft are powered by a Packard built Merlin V1650-7.
P-51 Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" performing a slow roll
P-51D Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" performing a slow roll at Old Warden, August 2008.
P-51 Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" Fast
P-51D Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" performing a few fast and roaring (oil radiator or gun ports, your choice, I hear conflicting reasons) fly pasts at Old Warden, August 2008. This is a compilation of clips.
A pair of P.51 Mustang aircraft at Old Warden, 6th June 2010
A pair of P.51 Mustang aircraft displaying at Old Warden, 6th June 2010.
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was a long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II.
The P-51 flew most of its wartime missions as a bomber escort in raids over Germany, helping ensure Allied air superiority from early 1944. It also saw limited service against the Japanese in the Pacific War. The Mustang began the Korean War as the United Nations' main fighter, but was relegated to a ground attack role when superseded by jet fighters early in the conflict. Nevertheless, it remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980s.
As well as being economical to produce, the Mustang was a fast, well-made, and highly 
durable aircraft. The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650, a two-stage two-speed supercharged version of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, and was armed with six .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns.
After World War II and the Korean War, many Mustangs were converted for civilian use, especially air racing. The Mustang's reputation was such that, in the mid-1960s, Ford Motor Company's Designer John Najjar proposed the name for a new youth-oriented coupe automobile after the fighter. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-51
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