Cool! Four P-51's just flew over!

SUBMAN1 · 08-23-08, 11:07 AM

Hearing some old V-12's, and sure enough I look up - 4 P-51's in formation just flew over!

Jealous!

-S

Biggles · 08-23-08, 11:11 AM

If I'm jealous? You bet I am. What type, P51-D!?

SUBMAN1 · 08-23-08, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

If I'm jealous? You bet I am. What type, P51-D!?

Couldn't tell, but i assume. I saw bubble canopies and the D is the most numerous.

I have an airport not far from here. They are probably heading in there for breakfast. I might go over there and take a look.

And I am the one that is jealous when I wrote that above!

-S

Biggles · 08-23-08, 11:27 AM

You'd better be, otherwise you'd be insane. To be able to fly a P-51...my highest dream, except for being able to fly the Sopwith Camel: An excrutiatingly difficult plane to handle

Platapus · 08-23-08, 12:22 PM

It is something to see one P51 but to see four of them, that is a good day.

SUBMAN1 · 08-23-08, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

It is something to see one P51 but to see four of them, that is a good day.

That is! And very rare! Must be a club or something!

-S

SUBMAN1 · 08-23-08, 02:33 PM

P-51's just left. 3 this time. I wish I had time to go down there, but got car issues all a sudden today. Friggen hope I didn't blow a turbo.

-S

mrbeast · 08-23-08, 02:36 PM

P51, Cadillac of the Skies!

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouJ_W...eature=related

The P51 has got to be my favourite WWII fighter.

That scene from Empire of the Sun never fails to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.

I suppose being a Brit I should love the Spitfire, and I do, but there is just something about the P51 that makes it so cool; powerful without looking brutish; beautiful yet still purposeful looking.:hmm:

Slightly off topic; I saw a Lancaster Bomber overfly our house the other week. Theres ususally a few light aircraft buzzing around but I couldn't mistake the deep rich roar of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine (or 4 on this occasion) and as I rushed over to the window, sure enough there was a Lancaster heading into the distance. Those old piston engines make a gorgeous sound!

Anyway, well spotted Subman.

08-23-08, 11:07 AM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool! Four P-51's just flew over! Hearing some old V-12's, and sure enough I look up - 4 P-51's in formation just flew over! Jealous! -S __________________

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If I'm jealous? You bet I am. What type, P51-D!? __________________

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You'd better be, otherwise you'd be insane. To be able to fly a P-51...my highest dream, except for being able to fly the Sopwith Camel: An excrutiatingly difficult plane to handle __________________

08-23-08, 12:22 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is something to see one P51 but to see four of them, that is a good day. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-23-08, 02:33 PM	#7
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	P-51's just left. 3 this time. I wish I had time to go down there, but got car issues all a sudden today. Friggen hope I didn't blow a turbo. -S __________________

08-23-08, 02:36 PM	#8
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	P51, Cadillac of the Skies! http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouJ_W...eature=related The P51 has got to be my favourite WWII fighter. That scene from Empire of the Sun never fails to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I suppose being a Brit I should love the Spitfire, and I do, but there is just something about the P51 that makes it so cool; powerful without looking brutish; beautiful yet still purposeful looking.:hmm: Slightly off topic; I saw a Lancaster Bomber overfly our house the other week. Theres ususally a few light aircraft buzzing around but I couldn't mistake the deep rich roar of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine (or 4 on this occasion) and as I rushed over to the window, sure enough there was a Lancaster heading into the distance. Those old piston engines make a gorgeous sound! Anyway, well spotted Subman. __________________