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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

It was so aerodynamic that it could outpace the RAF Supermarine Spitfire, which was equipped with the same engine. When 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 ...

When outfitted with external drop tanks, the P-51’s range was extended to 1,375 miles (1,195 nm). The Mustang was powered by the liquid-cooled Allison V-1710 engine, which had limited high ...