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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can picture the scene, climbing into a scale P-51 Mustang and hearing the cackle ... was working on the overall engine specs for the aircraft, he came up with a simple requirement.

The highly modified P-51's striking yellow and polished paint ... but the sights and especially sounds of its supped Merlin engine during a test run equates to a visceral crescendo of delight ...

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 ...

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 ...