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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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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, striking fear into the hearts of every Axis aviator that they faced. However ...
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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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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 ...