silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
CResQ
Loc: Cobble Hill, BC
I think most people would agree that aviation is thrilling. There are those aircraft that standout in history and the P51 is most definitely one of them.
Whenever I go to an airshow my stomach fills up with butterflys ... it is a strange feeling to try and explain ... but I get so caught up with it I can barely breath ... lol
I have hundreds of dollars of aviation videos (which I really should get converted to digital) which never get boring to watch.
Cheers!
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
CResQ wrote:
I think most people would agree that aviation is thrilling. There are those aircraft that standout in history and the P51 is most definitely one of them.
Whenever I go to an airshow my stomach fills up with butterflys ... it is a strange feeling to try and explain ... but I get so caught up with it I can barely breath ... lol
I have hundreds of dollars of aviation videos (which I really should get converted to digital) which never get boring to watch.
Cheers!
Thanks, you explained it better than I......I definitely know the feeling.....I spent 18 mos. at Torbay Airport, St. John's, Newfoundland.....which I enjoyed very much.....Cheers to you, too!......from Virginia, USA
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I saw this plane of the RCAF at one of the Air Shows in NFLD. and definitely as impressed.......think you'll agree here...thought the five bladed prop. was impressive..... :thumbup:
World War II Fighters: Hawker Sea Fury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYKPcOOuskU
PEPPERRELL AF BASE, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD
we had a mustang land at our airfield in wick northern scotland last year. it had the rolls royce merlin engine
what a sound sheer music.
In 1942, the British proposed putting the Merlin engine into the Mustang airframe. The installation of the two-stage supercharged Merlin engine in conjunction with a four-bladed propeller was found to give the Mustang extremely good performance, with top speeds exceeding 400 mph as well as long range and maneuverability. The result was a fighter that could equal or outperform any other aircraft in the air at that time. North American quickly developed plans to manufacture the P-51 with the license-built Merlin 61, the Packard V-1650-3 in-line engine.
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
The P-51 is a truly amazing piece of machinery. If any of you want to really see them in action, I would highly suggest going to the Reno Air Races in September. You will see a lot of old war birds being pushed to the limit and then some. It's like NASCAR on serious steroids....
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
They still fly in the Dominican Republic most Hollywood shots are Dom Rep planes
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
silverhawk
Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia
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