P-51 Mustang Vs Yak-9: How The Iconic Fighters Compare
The Yakovlev Yak-9 and North American P-51 Mustang are two of the most infamous fighters of the Second World War.
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Today in Aviation History: First flight of the North American P-51 Mustang
On October 26, 1940, the North American NA-73X - the first prototype of what would become the iconic P-51 Mustang - took to ...
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This Weird Fighter Got The First Air-To-Air Kill Of The Korean War
By Brad Howard Posted on Jul 9, 2018 At some point during the tail end of World War II, a creative engineer at North American Aviation looked at the P-51 Mustang and wrote a memo to his boss ...
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Rebuilding An Extremely Rare Twin Mustang Fighter
In response, North American Aviation created the ... In some cases these “defective” P-51 parts ended up being intended for the Twin Mustang project, and would get added to the collection ...
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‘I just want them to be remembered as good citizens’ who helped protect their country ‘even in the face of discrimination.’
U.S. A handcrafted model of a P-51 Mustang holds powerful memories for Harry Stewart, who flew 43 combat missions in just such an airplane. Nearly a thousand African-American pilots who served in ...
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Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken tame The Mustang at Vail, Colorado
The Canadian alpinists Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken have repeated The Mustang P-51 (M14-) at The Fang Amphitheater, Vail, Colorado, USA. In making her ascent Hueniken has become the first North ...