2002 Wheels and Wings Airshow - P-51D Mustang

P-51D Mustang
Jim Beasley Jr.

2002 Wheels and Wings Airshow
Millville, New Jersey
Saturday May 4, 2002

IN THIS VIDEO, watch as Jim Beasley Jr. flies the P-51D Mustang "Bald Eagle" in a demonstration over Millville.

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[BikeDoctor34]

"It takes a hundred and twenty days to form a commitee to think about building an airplane today!" Classic!

[pablin365]

Rolls Royce Piston Engines are named after Birds of Prey : Goshawk, Vulture,Kestrel, the Merlin is a small Bird of prey , not the name of the magician.

Rolls Royce Turbine Engines are named after British Rivers : Avon, Tay, Trent, Spey

[beepa007]

@IslandArchitect

thanks.....silly ppl like me were under the impression that the packard merlin was the merlin produced locally(us) ....damn why did they call em merlin...mabe cause the only diff was the flag on the side

[acr08807]

@ajawofcopan You have no idea what you're talking about.

[ajawofcopan]

it seems like he has it in the 1st speed - pretty much stalls at :50 He DID stall at 1:20 Gun that shit man 2nd gear

These things actually saved the war for us. Like if someone says "what was the turning point?"...well up until the p-51 the Luftwaffe owned the sky

[fbenenati]

Narrator is incorrect about the diameter of the propellor. It was eleven feet, two inches, not thirteen to fourteen feet. Fortunately today, there are now well over one hundred of them flying.

[IslandArchitect]

Thank you again Fred.

There seem to be a number of historical revisionists afloat lately in all sorts of arenas. Some people were implying that Edsel Ford designed the Continental. No, it was Bob Gregroie who designed all those wonderful cars for Ford in the 30's. He sparked the Hot Rods too.

The thing that really gauls me is that the Smithsonian does not seem to understand the Packard Merlin.

The nameplate on the RR Merlin was fun but the Packards dispensed with that nonsense.

Bill

[fbenenati]

Lewis: Great bit of history about the Packard Merlin. Thanks for the information.

Fred Benenati

[IslandArchitect]

Thank you fibenanti. Nils Skrubb's son told me the story about his Dad who lived in Grosse Pointe at the time.

I knew Gordon Buehrig and Bill Allison, two other very bright Detroit People.

Vintage V-12 confirmed that the Packard was way better. I now read that it was lighter too. That confirms that Nils totally redesigned it and incorporated American Standards.

There was brilliance in that earlier generation too.

Lewis M. Bill Dickens III

[fbenenati]

IslandArchitect is correct. The main reason that Packard got the license was that it could not only improve the engine, but it could produce it in greater quantities, and quicker than the Brits.