North American P-51 Mustang (Repost)
Malcolm Lowe - North American P-51 Mustang
Crowood Press | 2009 | ISBN: 1861268300 | English | 280 pages | PDF | 137.27 MB
Crowood Aviation Series
Crowood Press | 2009 | ISBN: 1861268300 | English | 280 pages | PDF | 137.27 MB
Crowood Aviation Series
The P-51 Mustang is one of the greatest warplanes of all time. Developed as a private venture, it was seized upon by the British as the answer to their shortage of fighter aircraft in the early months of World War Two. Early Allison-engined Mustangs lacked performance at high altitude, but the great promise of the airframe was clear, and when fitted with the Rolls-Royce Merlin the Mustang became one of the best pistoned-engined fighters ever built. Not only was its performance on a par with the best British and German fighters of the era, but it was the first single-engined fighter with range sufficient to accompany bombers from Great Britain to Berlin and back.