1:72 P-51B MUSTANG

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North American P-51 Mustang was a single-seat fighter aircraft, long-range, which during the Second World War he served on the Allied side. It was one of the most successful types of fighter aircraft.
Usually accompany bombers in raids on Germany and its allies help gain air superiority. He was also deployed in the Pacific against Japan.
Korea started the war machine as the main fighter and attack aircraft allies, but at the end was replaced by jet aircraft. In some air forces Mustang served even at the beginning of the 80th years. Many private owners airworthy aircraft flying today.
Mustang was originally developed for the British Royal Air Force. The British company for North American Aviation converted to the proposal, whether by the license built fighter Curtiss P-40, NAA, however, came with its own proposal - has committed to 120 days constructed a prototype build his airplane.
The prototype first took to the air on the 26th October 1940, 178 days after the order. The design of the prototype proved to be very successful, the airplane was used, among others, also completely new laminar airfoil. The downside was Allison, who was in high altitudes and low power and RAF machines used only for research. U.S. Air Force that led outside into the arms of battle version A and 36.
The British later in the Mustang has retrofitted its Merlin engine, which makes aircraft performance increased significantly. The company carried out a similar NAA treatment, these machines were introduced into production as the P-51B and P-51C. These engines built under license Packard automobile. The aircraft, due to its range, able to fly bombers over Berlin and back. Followed version of the P-51D and P-51K, which had reduced the back of a teardrop canopy, which improved the pilot's view forward. War production ended the series production version of the P-51H, which was lighter than the version D and reached a maximum speed of 782 km / h - Mustang so clearly during the war was the fastest mass-produced fighter aircraft powered by piston engines.
After the war, the aircraft was used in about 55 countries, for example, fought on the side of Israel in the war for independence and against the Suez Crisis "proud Arab armies." Or in 1962 during the Indonesian invasion of Dutch New Guinea.