P 51 MustangShopping for needed airplanes, a commission asked NA to license-manufacture the P-40 Tomahawk. A designer proposed something new. From the British request to first flight was

P 51 Mustang

P 51 Mustang
Shopping for needed airplanes, a commission asked NA to license-manufacture the P-40 Tomahawk. A designer proposed something new. From the British request to first flight was 5 months, although the prototype soon crashed, they entered orders for 620 (during the critical Battle of Britain). Not long after, the U.S. Army Air Corps tested it with the original Allison (exhibiting power loss at altitude), then ordered it as a dive bomber(!?!). It was the Brits who adapted one to their RR Merlin- whoo boy! Quickly, the manufacturer arranged for Packard-built Merlins and the P-51B resulted. Just in time, for strategic bombing was costing too many aircrew and their planes.Keywords: MILITARY AVIATION
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Crown and Random House Value
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 50-02390
ReleaseDate 1984-09-24
EANs 9780517542576

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Crown and Random House Value
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	50-02390
ReleaseDate	1984-09-24
EANs	9780517542576

P 51 Mustang