The P-51 Mustang, a WWII legend, comes to life in this expert-guided cockpit tour. Learn about its history, design, and the stories behind this remarkable warbird, brought to you by a seasoned pilot.

North American began production of the P-51A Mustang at its Inglewood, California, production plant. As the war effort ramped ...

NASM The P-51 was the darling of the Army Air Forces. Aerodynamically agile and acrobatic, the Mustang was fast and furious in its effectiveness in downing enemy aircraft. A latecomer to World War ...

Grant wanted a similar look, and began arranging to use a real P-51 Mustang for filming. That presented immediate problems. First, there aren’t that many of the vintage aircraft left ...

Summary and Key Points: The North American P-51 Mustang ... was also employed as a ground attack aircraft over the Dortmund-Ems canal. After the original Allison engines were replaced with ...

You can picture the scene, climbing into a scale P-51 Mustang and hearing the ... that pay homage to the P-51's original Merlin V-12. Inside the cockpit, things are also significantly different ...

The original unit cost of the aircraft in 1945 was around $50,985 ... that still breaks down to just over $15,300 a month. The P-51 Mustang first took flight in 1940, and it was used by the ...

The P-51 Mustang was an American-designed ... and significantly reduced bomber losses. Mustang pilots claimed to have destroyed nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft. The Mustang continued to serve in ...

The original certified ... of a North American P-51 Mustang in Honington, England, in1944. (National Archives) In any case, by the end of December, McCubbin’s personal aircraft, the P-51D ...