P-51 Mustang-Pure Merlin Sound No Announcer

The P-38 is my absolute favorite WW-II aircraft, but I've loved the P-51 ever since I first saw one in a book when I was a kid. The most cherished entry in my logbook is 0.7 hours of instruction in a P-51C.
 
Friend has one. My first time sitting in it, I was amazed by how small it is and how high you sit relative to the cockpit rails, could understand feeling vulnerable with 1/4" of Perspex from below one shoulder to the other. Visibility is amazing.
 
There was one at the Cherry Point airshow in September. It had the Red Tail markings. Fighter pilots said it was the sportscar of aircraft. This had to be the Luftwaffe's bête noire. I think it was equaled only by the Chance Vought F-4U:

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Mustangs are pure sex with wings... Merlins are moozic to the seat of my flight suit... Logging stick time is an mind altering experience that will drain your wallet at the rate of 5K per hour...

Me and Betty Jane barrel row over Tahoe...
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P51 ,,, she is beautiful. They bring tears to my eyes. Again Aircraft is Latin meaning expensive.
 
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