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MointPan [2019-01-17 21:48:40 +0000 UTC]
Is this a purpose-built trainer or an airframe that actually saw action with the 352nd fighter group and was modified into a trainer?
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phenomenonnexus [2014-06-27 06:01:11 +0000 UTC]
the blue nosed basterds
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voradtralundir [2013-04-20 23:30:17 +0000 UTC]
There is nothing quite like the lines of a P-51 Mustang with it's license built Merlin Engine pulling it through the air.
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Schmittfeuer [2013-04-20 14:55:25 +0000 UTC]
What's up with the elongated canopy? Have we got a two-seater pony here?
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OpticaLLightspeed In reply to Schmittfeuer [2013-04-20 16:00:37 +0000 UTC]
Yes it is, it is a TF-51D, duel-seat trainer. "Stallion 51" is the organization that this bird and her sister ship "Crazy Horse" belong to. One of there functions is to train warbird pilots who have P-51 mustangs.
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Schmittfeuer In reply to OpticaLLightspeed [2013-07-25 17:44:31 +0000 UTC]
Interesting. I presume it makes sense given just how many of those Mustangs are still around.
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