The P-51 Mustang wasn’t just another fighter - it was the aircraft that changed the course of the air war in Europe. With its ...

The North American P-51 Mustang may well be the most ... a marked improvement in performance specifications over the A-variants Allison engine; in fact, the Merlin-equipped P-51 was capable ...

The P-51 Mustang was an American-designed ... It was powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, which when supercharged provided the necessary power and efficiency for long missions over enemy ...

It was so aerodynamic that it could outpace the RAF Supermarine Spitfire, which was equipped with the same engine. When the RAF first adopted the P-51 Mustang as part of the lend-lease program ...

Apparently, it was a Rolls-Royce test pilot who came to the conclusion that North American’s P-51 Mustang needed the company’s own Merlin engine (it was initially built with the Allison engine ...

In duels over Eastern Europe, the agile fighter scored kill after kill David Kindy - Correspondent The P-51 Mustang was the ... other advantage was its engine. The Mustang was powered by the ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling ... The performance of the P-51, when fitted with a British Merlin engine, could “go as fast and as far as the bombers without losing ...

If the North American P-51 ... in the Mustang's airframe. People who believed that one day, the P-51 could be held in the same breath as the Spitfire as the greatest Allied single-engine fighter ...