P 51 Mustang Replica Aircraft for Sale
For Sale: The Last Unrestored P-51D Mustang In Original Military Configuration
This is likely the last original unrestored P-51D Mustang in original armed services configuration left anywhere in the world, and fortunately for someone, it's currently for sale for the non inconsiderable sum of $iv,500,000 USD.
Exactly how this warbird ended upwardly being dry stored for over xxx years isn't publicly known, but nosotros do know that this is an original Guatemalean Air Force Northward American P-51D (s/n 44-77902). It was in service with the Guatemaleans from 1954 till 1972 when information technology was sold to a private owner in the U.s.a., this new owner then flew the airplane from 1972 to 1983 before dry out storing it.
The values on WWII-era warbirds like this has skyrocketed over the by xxx years so it's unusual that an shipping this valuable would remain subconscious that long. After inspection it was certified that this P-51D is in all original condition with an unrestored, undamaged airframe exactly as it was purchased from the Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca with all of its armor plating and equipment is withal installed.
Under the hood you'll observe a Packard Merlin V-1650-7 with Rolls-Royce 620 heads and banks, and there'southward a Hamilton Standard 24-D50 paddle propeller fitted upwards front. It does appear that this Mustang is still fitted with its half dozen .fifty quotient (12.7 mm) M2/AN Browning machine guns, and the cockpit is fully equipped the same equally information technology was the solar day it landed for the last time in 1983.
The Guatemalean Air Force cover-up isn't something nosotros're used to seeing on a P-51, the shades of green obviously intended to hide the aircraft in the jungle, with an off-white underside to help hide the plane when in the air.
Interestingly the cockpit controls all announced to exist in English language rather than Spanish, though it's possible that these were inverse by the American owner back in the 1970s to brand life easier.
If you'd like to read more about this plane you tin can click here to visit the listing, and if you lot'd like to read more than about the Mustang you can coil down.
Update: Since publishing we've received more data on the aircraft'south groundwork, you can read more than nearly it here.
The P-51D Mustang – A Very Brief History
The P-51 was originally designed for the British who needed more aircraft than they could produce for their fight with the Allies against the Nazis. The Usa had not yet joined the fight, but they were assisting with essential supplies including aircraft.
The British Purchasing Committee was negotiating with North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-twoscore fighters under license withal NAA preferred to design their own aircraft rather than reproduce an older design.
Remarkably, NAA had the prototype NA-73X airframe ready only 102 days after the contract with the Purchasing Commission was signed. It first flew a trivial over a month later after fit out.
The kickoff P-51s relied on the Allison Five-1710 aero engine still it lacked loftier-altitude performance compared to the British Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. This consequence was solved with the Packard V-1650-7, this was a license-built version of the Merlin that transformed the P-51, turning information technology into 1 of the all-time fighters of WWII.
Over the course of the war the various iterations of the Mustang would take claimed four,950 enemy aircraft in Europe, Due north Africa, the Pacific, and other theatres of war. The Mustang would be put to use in the Korean State of war until it was largely replaced by jets, but some airforces would proceed the Mustang flying well into the 1980s.
Today the Mustang remains a very popular choice with wealthy private owners and air racers, they're a mutual sight at events like the Reno Air Races and they've typically been modified heavily from their original military configuration to produce even more than power.
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P 51 Mustang Replica Aircraft for Sale
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