F-82 Twin Mustang: Only 272 of these were built. Only 5 remain. In a couple of these shots, a huge plane which was parked next to the F-82, intrudes into the shot. Nothing I could do...

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Only 272 of these were built. Only 5 remain. In a couple of these shots, a huge plane which was parked next to the F-82, intrudes into the shot. Nothing I could do about it. I wanted you to have that particular view of the Mustang. When this thing fired up, it made sounds from another dimension.

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BrianFlaherty Loc: Wilseyville, CA

This thing looks like a "Made in my garage" home project after seeing a Lockheed P38. <smile>

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Great shots of an interesting plane

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BrianFlaherty wrote:

This thing looks like a "Made in my garage" home project after seeing a Lockheed P38. <smile>

I hear you. The F-82 offered several advantages over the P-38 that were attractive to the Air Force. However, the war ended before the F-82 was fully operational. It did see limited duty in Korea. The coming jet age spelled doom for many U.S. planes and this was one of them,

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Curmudgeon wrote:

Great shots of an interesting plane

It is an interesting plane. It looks very much like they just took two P-51s and joined them together. In fact, though, the airframe was almost entirely re-engineered. There were some teething problems early on but that's to be expected. They started out using the braking system from the P-51. But the F-82 was much heavier and they had to completely redesign that feature.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

black mamba wrote:

Only 272 of these were built. Only 5 remain. In a couple of these shots, a huge plane which was parked next to the F-82, intrudes into the shot. Nothing I could do about it. I wanted you to have that particular view of the Mustang. When this thing fired up, it made sounds from another dimension.

Beautifully shot, extremely unique craft 💓🤍🔵🤍💓

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent shots of a unique plane, Tom!

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Nice photos of that very cool airplane!!

Dodie

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joecichjr wrote:

Beautifully shot, extremely unique craft 💓🤍🔵🤍💓

Thank you. This plane could be piloted from either cockpit but usually was flown with the pilot in the left cockpit. On long missions, the right cockpit would carry the second pilot and they would share duties....the idea was to provide relief from the tension and strain a single pilot would incur. If the second pilot was used, he also was responsible for navigation.

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UTMike wrote:

Excellent shots of a unique plane, Tom!

Thanks, Mike.

Of the 5 F-82s remaining, 2 were prototype models. This is the one that was restored to flying status. It was once offered for sale, I believe, and the asking price was 12 million bucks.

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luvmypets wrote:

Nice photos of that very cool airplane!!

Dodie

Thanks, Dodie. I'm glad you checked in.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

black mamba wrote:

Only 272 of these were built. Only 5 remain. In a couple of these shots, a huge plane which was parked next to the F-82, intrudes into the shot. Nothing I could do about it. I wanted you to have that particular view of the Mustang. When this thing fired up, it made sounds from another dimension.

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kpmac wrote:

Thank you. I appreciate the visit.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

aphelps Loc: Central Ohio

black mamba wrote:

It is an interesting plane. It looks very much like they just took two P-51s and joined them together. In fact, though, the airframe was almost entirely re-engineered. There were some teething problems early on but that's to be expected. They started out using the braking system from the P-51. But the F-82 was much heavier and they had to completely redesign that feature.

Looks like the props turn in opposite directions from the pitch differences. Just like the p-38.