P-51 C Startup

[supernaturalfx]

Has this still got a allison engine or a rolls royce installed?

[Bruno47602]

Wow!Apparat!!!

[poptartpencil]

i saw this do a fly by at the Ritz-carlton in montery, ca i was just visiting and it comes screamin around the building

[stratagie1]

SIMPLE I LOVE P-51

[merdaporrenta]

If you see the Dogfights series on hystory channel, there are a episode that tell some histories of Tuskegee, and this plane pwned some Me-262

[tbtgrl5]

any video with P-51s or P-38s are the best videos on youtube

[minuteman3]

There are always certain types of engines that turn you head.. For example.. A small Block Chevy V8, a big block Ford V8, a Ferrari V12, a Pratt Radial, but the granddaddy of them all is the Rolls Royce Merlin in the P-51. Thanks for posting!!!

[tomaclo]

@CuervoBlack06 its medal not metal

[cordovafm]

Fantástico, Evan! Cuide do avião para sempre!

[countryman1970]

I love this plan, one of my favs from WWII, when was this video taken, I sat in one up at PDK Airport in Atlanta, and the only reason is cause I knew more about it than the ppl showin it, but from what I heard the plan I sat in crashed about 2 or 3 years after that was wonderin if it was the same plane

[lqiyun7]

love the sound of the mustang, haha :) i find the tuskegee airmen livery extremely alluring; gives me a sense of boldness, courage and etc with that red tail and that red-and-yellow nose! :)

[tjenk71]

All that horsepower and the propeller barely is turning...He should check his rtransmission oil BEFORE starting....

[KRWoodworks]

@tjenk71 God what an idiot

[mrrmancunian]

Strange to come across this by coincidence. I visited Fantasy of Flight whilst in the States a few years back -- I believe this aircraft was flown by the very first African-American pilot, if I remember correctly.

[SSNsnapshot]

We are putting together a great FB Page for the Friends and Family of the Tuskegee Airmen. My friend is Capt. Gwynne Peirson's son, Kerry.

Please join us at this FB Page: Friends-of-the-Original-Tuskeg­ee-Airmen-Keeping-Their-Legacy­-Alive

[Paladin601]

Video it not long enough!! The B/C models are the best looking Plane, Period. And with the polished skin., even better.

[SgtGrant23]

ive cleared prop before she starts up

[SgtGrant23]

whos in the cockpit?

[PanzerAngriff]

@SgtGrant23 Hitler! He's back from the dead!

[MagillJohnM]

I wish just once on these post people would stop throwing in race or politics and just enjoy what your watching. Regardless of race or nation or plane the war well war in general is not easy for anyone regardless. I know

[EQUINUSRIGHT]

Rest in peace Colonel Archer-PS, ther definately no 'C' model Mustangs in Europe, there was one, in 352nd FG markings marked as 'Princess Elizabeth' which was based at Duxford but was sold back to the States a few years ago

[srt4crazy289]

beautifull bird

[aviatorairman2000]

not true there are at least 2 flying C's in Europe. There are 4 A's of which 2 are flying and 3 B's of which 1 is flying. There are probably 100 D's out there.

[fbenenati]

Mr. Moosehead429 is correct. After seaching the internet for info, I found a statement issued by the Air Force Historical Society that debunked the claim that no bombers were lost to enemy fire when the 332nd escorted them. This assertion has been circulated for many, many years, not just recently, as Moose alleged. These allegations are old. At any rate, the Tuskegee group can still be very proud of their accomplishments. We all learn things, and I learned something new today

[blownglasslide]

It's important to note that if the Tuskegee Airmen were doing well enough that even racist white pilots thought they weren't losing bombers and admitted it, they were doing pretty well.

[kirkconway]

Thats totally it,

right on bro,

im the same way,

The Red tail's deserve one heck of alot more credit than they got when they were up in the sky fending off the luftwaffe

Fighter's,

[tremper47football]

jack roush owns a B or C model?

[JManGuitar5150]

Wow. Pretty awesome that he owns a Tuskegee airplane.

[Gyzyb]

czy ten P-51C nie jest z 332 squadronu(Tuskegee Airmen)??

[Singnature12]

i know the differences between the p-51b and a p-51d, but what are the differences between the B and C models?

[iloverush123]

The C was made in the Dallas plant, The B was made at North American's main plant.

[fbenenati]

The main plant, as you call it, was in Inglewood, California.

[iloverush123]

Thanks.

[Zippercdrr]

I do have to correct you. There is an A I know that Flys. That has the Allison in it. Good ol Planes of fame has that bird

[VillageIdiot8055]

Tuskegee Airman yes but not all of them just the 332nd

[keefer2111]

I saw that red tail and I knew it.. these guys were kick ass pilots. Never lost a Bomber to the Germans, My Dad knew many of those guys when he flew Lancasters for the RCAF and with the British Air Force...He had a ton of respect for the Tuskegee pilots. When I was a little boy there was a Black man I met my Dad knew from WW2 I still remember his son...great memories.

[Moosehead429]

That is a myth, there were bombers short down on their missions, AND they were Third area... flying against lightly defended targets and German pilots that had not even completed training. Let's seem them try that trick escorting deep penetration missions such as to Berlin against the better German squadrons.

[likeawhispr]

You are oblivious to the fact that white pilots lost more bombers even on the easy missions when compared to the red tails. It is not a "myth" , that most bomber pilots felt much more comfortable being escorted by these black pilots as opposed to being escorted by their white counterparts. The black pilots didn't have only "easy" missions. You should take a statistics course too- then you'd know that even if the blacks did lose bombers.. their record is still better than white pilots.

[Moosehead429]

You can believe the propoganda, I will believe the squadron records. Do your own research, which does not include the politically correct history books. YOU OBV IOUSLY have never talked with the pilots that were there. I HAVE and flew with them junior.

[fbenenati]

Bombers shot down were from anti-aircraft artillery, not from German fighters.

[Moosehead429]

You can believe the books written 60 years later, I will believe the guys that flew the missions

[metallicastarwarsfan]

The C and D series aren't the only ones still flying-there is at least one B series that is flight worthy.

[yamahaboy2390]

I've seen this plane fly a lot. I also think he has a blue tailed P-51. I lived right across the lake for a while. Glad he still flies them instead of just letting them sit.

[1Gaumer]

wow you can here the difference between the Allison and the Merlin

[gcvander81]

P-51B and C are identical. The B's were manufactured in Inglewood, CA while the C's came from the Dallas plant. Same goes for the D and K models. If this is Kermit Weeks P-51, then it is a C model.

[OleYanks]

P-51C wow rare ..thanks for the vid!

[HRMOKeefe]

Copy that

[HRMOKeefe]

Red Tails were criticized by TIME magazine for not shooting down any planes in their first 6 months of deployment, article asked if 'blacks couldn't fly' they were assigned early model P-51s with allison engines and put in ground attack roles..that changed with new Rolls Royce equipped 51s

They shot down the first 2 Me262s, sank a destroyer, never lost a bomber to fighters

[Hanglands]

"never lost a bomber to fighters ", many sources claim otherwise. An article by James Buchanan quotes "At least 25 bombers being escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen over Europe during World War II were shot down by enemy aircraft, according to a new Air Force report. The report contradicts the legend that the famed black aviators never lost a plane to fire from enemy aircraft. But historian William Holton said the discovery of lost bombers doesnt tarnish the units record. It goes on... google

[keefer2111]

Friend don't believe what James Buchanan wroght my father flew during WW2 for Canada and England and he said what was writen was horse shit..He knew many pilots that owe there life to them. They were some bad asses behind the stick.

[sweetmon18]

i am in the civil air protol we went there

[2Fast4U0921]

I just came from Fantasy of Flight and Kermit has got one hell of a collection! This bird is WAY more beautiful in person.

[smetkanta]

It looks a bit like the B model :S

Are my eyes making up things or is it really a B?

[gregwddriver]

You know in a panic situation, (like, "Oh, shit, they're coming!") these engines probably didn't get a proper warmup before takeoff. What say you experts?

[whb1965]

a good corsair sounds alot better though.. the mustang was faster, but the corsair had more kills...

[klesmer]

True, but I beleive the F4u had a very target rich invironment. When the Corsair's came calling, Tojo was ripe for the picking.The Corsair could be a handful, The Marine who taught me to fly was stationed at Rabal with Pappy Boyington.

[emperorgrant]

yeah the black pilots were the best

[blueflame53]

...me too

[pen24]

P-51 gives me a bone

[raven1234]

ohhh~ It's the red tail Tuskegee squadron P-51 0-0.

[EDScool12345]

Sexy, gotta love the P-51

[SmiertSpionem]

Oh yes, brilliant! And an original Tuskegee pilots plane - amazing.

The best looking mustang!

I believe there is currently another P-51C being restored with a MALCOLM HOOD (will be in the Old Crow paint scheme)

[deejakway]

just came in 3 days ago not sure if still there

[deejakway]

1: it is the last one

2: it is at stallion 51 in kissimmee

3: i know the staff at stallion51 they let me sit in a p-51 in it

[nprules111]

WOO "INA the macon belle" love this plane i stroked wehn i met it!!!!!!

Good times!!!!

[nocotton]

If it's the only one left I'd park it. I don't think they make them anymore.

[SmiertSpionem]

ahah!

[Bubbmann]

Frickin A, man. This is probably one of the sexiest videos on YouTube. Not gonna lie.....

[uscar17]

Awesome... sounds really beautiful

[utubeworms]

How did all the C's have Rolls Royce engines instead of the Allison?

[IFlyEm35]

The only really difference between the C and D is the canopy

[alphonse2840]

B/C has 4 guns, D has 6

also wing is different + tail is different (between body and tail)

[boatrat]

Only the P-51A's had the Allison. You can easily distinguish them visually by the different configuration of the nose.

Also, American-built P-51's used the Packard Merlin - the Detroit-produced version of the original British Rolls Royce.

[matrox]

They sound like Harleys

[BIGBLOCK5022006]

There is nothing like the sound of a Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12.

[Hendo56]

And right after the war, Rolls Royce pulled the rights from Packard!

[costis74]

what a concert!!

[trainfreak2009]

thanks, i think so myself

[CuervoBlack06]

My gramps was a tuskegee airman he worked on these planes all the time back in the day he showed me the metal he recieved from george bush.

[trainfreak2009]

Thats Great! i think this is a wonderful aircraft myself. i love to hear it fly by

[weekendpyro]

Hey I'm more of a car guy than a plane guy, so I'll ask: Is that the original Engine?

[trainfreak2009]

Yeah thats the original v12 cylinder merlin engine. Thanks

[rudy8278]

Well, there's a C model just back from ENgland called "Princess Elizabeth", and there's a recent restoration of a TP-51C, not to mention the -soon-to-fly P-51C owned by NASCAR's Jack Rousch. See: mustangsmustangs dot com

[trainfreak2009]

Thanks. At the time, from all the research that i did, and from the pilot of the plane in this video, this was the only known P-51 C to my knowledge. Thanks for the info on those other P-51's. It great to know that there are more than just this one flying.

Thanks,

Evan

[nimrob]

ta rajando....

[LuisII2]

el cadilac del cielo

[tonyt73]

AWESOME STUFF! LOVED IT!