P-51 Mustangs in the air - The P-51 Mustang Video - "Sketches of Freedom"

For the umpteenth time; The music is there for a REASON. The video is made with Gemini Picture Production material. If you want these clips WITHOUT music, buy their DVD. There is NO point in just uploading "unedited" material from their DVD. If you're gonna break copyrights, at least make something out of it, hence the music.

Also see:
http://www.finnthorsager.com
http://www.9april1940.com
http://www.spitfirepilots.com
http://www.flyhistorie.com
http://www.andreverdenskrig.com

P-51 Mustangs in the air - The P-51 Mustang Video

* The song is not written by Buckethead. The song is called "Arunjez". Sorry for the error in the text of the video

If anyone got an issue with the usage of this video, do contact me and it will be removed.
The video is in dedication, respect and admiration for all the P-51 Mustang veterans of WW2.

The video is a try to bring this beatiful plane and it' history out to a wide audience on YouTube.
And also an attempt to gain interest in historic aviation and history.

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[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ....alot of data from WW11 planes. (Don't get me started on Battleships! lol.) I also have the data on how the Rolls Royce Merlin/Packard V-1650 made it into the Mustang if you care to know? I will tell you this,the British Air Ministry did NOT want to do it! I will say that I admire Britain and in my opinion Sir Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman and ambassador EVER!

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ...more pages) The total cost for the initial P-51 Mustang to the British Purchaing Commision was for $14,746,964.35! So,the initial P-51 Mustangs "specs" came from the Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Buffalo New York and were NOT presented to North American Aviation from the British Air Ministry no the British purchaing Commision or any other British entity. Those are some of the documented facts I have on the arrival of the P-51 Mustang! As a WW11 buff I have ....

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ...covering a comprhensive series of wind tunnel,cooling,and performance tests of a similar plane (the XP-46),which data will assist us in the design and manufacture and export of these airplanes and wish to assure you that all arrangements are entirely satisfactory."We are prepared to contruct and deliver to you 320 of these airplanes before September 30,1941. and gurantee to effect these deliveries with the following schedule.....(this letter continues for two ..

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ....North American's Lee Atwood to Sir Henry Self of the purchasin commision dated May 1,1940. "In accordance with our understanding,we are proceeding with the design of a single seat fighter,our model NA-73,incorporating an Allison engine and fitted with provisions and armament as detailed more completely hereunder. "We have reached an extremely satisfactory agreement with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Buffalo (New York) wherein they are furnishing to us data ..

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ....create there own fighter design (corporate ego's were availible in 1940 also lol.) to present to the R.A.F. North American Aviation bought the specs from the XP-46 from Curtiss-Wright for $56,000 dollars. Those specs included data covering a comprehensive series of wind tunnel,cooling,and performance tests. This data is what North American Aviation used in the design and manufacture of the P-51 prototype. Hence... no British input. Here is the letter from .....

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ....the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces,so they knew of the excellent quality coming from North American Aviation. With that in mind they asked North American to build the P-40 under license but with the test data from the New Curtiss-Wright XP-46. (This plane looks alot loke the P-51 prototype). The British were impressed with the XP-46! North American Aviaton management team decided that it would be much more beneficial to the company to ....

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 ........which corresponds with the data I have from North American Aviation.... Initially the British Air Ministry wanted the P-40 Tomahawk produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation fom Buffalo,New York. Because of the large order that the British Purchasing Commisission had put in for the P-40,Curtiss-Wright could not fill the order. The British Air Ministry had been purchaing the North American NA-16 (at-16 Texan) trainer in 1938 to train there pilots for ....

[lander4545]

@noonsight2010 "You have stated there was no British input into the Mustang. You contradict yourself ". Once again.....Ah,no........There was NO British design nor any design specs presented by the British for the first P-51 Mustang prototypes "AIRFRAME" nor any subsequent design changes thereafter. Any and ALL design changes to the production Mustang were done by Edgar Schmued and his design team!..................Here is the REAL story of the P-51-Mustang from BRITISH data .....

[AlexisBV]

Yay internet arguments... let me get my popcorn.

Beautiful video by the way.

[Aussiephil99]

@njmitchell641 ........yes and the angled flight deck seen on virtually all carriers these days....including American super carriers was a British post war invention.