P-51 high speed low altitude pass

Capt Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, US Navy (Ret), flying a P-51 Mustang at the 2008 Quad City Air Show

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 2008
• Quad
• City
• Air
• Show
• Airplane
• P-51
• Mustang
• Snodgrass

[dptcruiser]

There is nothing like the sound of the P 51. I love it

[tempglass]

extremely impressive

[Riggro]

@xBrutalB the merlin was british.

[orcstr8d]

@xBrutalB "Brtish spec" meant a plane fitted around a 5 ft 10 inch man weighing 140 pounds, a pair of 20mm cannons in each wing, and whaddya know? an Allison engine.

And Packard was building the V-1650 back in the 1920s they just needed a great airframe to take it all the way into Germany.

And a myth, or in this case a lie repeated often enough, as far as Messerschmitt ever having any influence on Edgar, is still a lie.

[xBrutalB]

@judgedredd123 That's true but it was still built by Americans. It just depends on how you look at the situation really.

[judgedredd123]

@xBrutalB Love to wind up you yanks. P51 was built to a British spec, and was an ordinary aircraft until the Brits suggested the Merlin engine and bubble canopy, then it became a great aircraft

[xBrutalB]

@judgedredd123 No they weren't. Spitfires were British, P51's were American.

[judgedredd123]

@dptcruiser It's British that's why :)

[kjsh987]

the sound of victory

[crktp7]

The P-51 is such a beautiful aircraft, every detail is amazing

[cantroos]

I bet he was going 250 km/hour easy.

[nevets2847]

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