| Technical
Specifications |
| Type: |
Single
seat, long-range escort fighter
note: this aircraft has been modified to include
a rear seat in what was the radio compartment. |
| Engine: |
One
Rolls-Royce (Packard) Merlin liquid-cooled
V-1650-7 engine developing 1,490 HP |
| Armament: |
Four
Colt-Browning M2 .50 cal. machine guns with
a total capacity of 1,000 rounds |
| External
mounts up to 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of bombs
or six High Velocity Aerial Rockets. |
| Dimensions: |
Length: |
32 feet
3 inches (9.83 meters) |
| Wingspan: |
37 feet
(11.27 meters) |
| Height: |
12
feet 2 inches (3.71 meters) |
| Weight: |
Empty: |
7,635
pounds (3,463 kg) |
| Maximum: |
12,100
lbs (5,488 kg) |
| Performance: |
Max.
Speed:
|
505
mph (439 knots, 813 kph) |
| Cruise
Speed: |
362 mph
(315 knots, 583 kph) |
| Ceiling: |
41,600
feet (12,680 meters) |
| Range: |
1,000
miles (869 nm, 1609 km) |
|
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| Restoration
History |
| Restoration
Began: |
1996 |
| Wings
restored by: |
Robert
Odegaard, Odegaard Aviation, Kindred, ND. |
| Engine
Re-stored by: |
Mike Nixon,
Vintage V-12s Tehachapi, CA |
| Fuselage
restored: |
Jerry Beck, Tri-State Aviation,
Whapeton ND. |
| Aircraft
assembly: |
Jerry Beck, Tri-State Aviation,
Whapeton ND. |
| Completed
: |
May 2001 |
|
|
History
of P51C Mustang
"TUSKEGEE AIRMEN"
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Here for a narrative history of P-51C "Tuskegee
Airmen" |
|
| History |
| Manufactured: |
North
American Aviation, Dallas TX. |
| Delivered: |
US Army
Air Corps on 7 April, 1944. |
| 1st
Assignment: |
341st AAF Base Unit Pinellas,
Florida - Flown as a trainer. |
| Transferred: |
December
1944, 378th AAF Base Unit, Venice, Florida
- Flown as trainer. |
| Transferred: |
June
1945, 339th AAF Base Unit Thomasville, Georgia
- Flown as trainer. |
| Declared
Surplus: |
October
1945. With cessation of hostilities P-51C
was dropped from inventory. |
| Last
Flight: |
September 1945. Flown to
Montana State College, Bozeman Montana - Utilized
for vocational training. |
| Donated: |
1970. Donated to Confederate
Air, Harlingen TX. Registered as N215CA, the
airframe traveled to Minneapolis MN, back
to Harlingen, TX, and then to the Great Planes
Wing of CAF in Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1983. |
| Final
Home: |
1988. Transferred to Southern
Minnesota Wing of CAF. So. St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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