Keep hearing rumors about the new P-51's in flight

Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:20 pm

Any news or photos on the P-51B/C's "OLD CROW" & "IMPATIENT VIRGIN" in flight together? I thought I heard that Oshkosh had a photo shoot .... And magazine's with photos out yet? Haven't had a chance to check up on my mag editions yet ...

Mark the impatient

Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:31 pm

Interestingly, the only photo I have seen so-far from this photo-shoot is in the most recent Flying magazine.

Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:35 pm

Anyway of posting a photo without any trouble? If a problem I'll go get the mag. Only one I don't have. ....
:wink:

Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:51 pm

I have this if it counts lol...its not Impatient Virgin but i think its neat..

Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:14 pm

Photo's in current EAA Warbirds of America Magazine...just came this week.

Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:25 am

This isn't the one from the Warbirds magazine. I found this one on Jim Koepnick's website. They look great together!

Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:00 am

Classic Wings has a center spread of the two together, it is out next week.

Dave

Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:35 am

They were several photo shoot of the two together. At least two photo flights, one for EAA, one for a duet of photographer + One single photographer (me :-)

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Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:39 am

I've heard a few WIXers have mentioned the two Mustangs have completely different designed and installed "malcolm" (or close to "malcolm") hoods. Is that a fact? ... Of the two, which one is more accurate? .... Flame on .... :crispy:

Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:26 am

I thouoght I had heard I.V was more accurate having the plexi framing on the front and back while O.C. has metal. I'm no expert here but I can toss up some pics for the discussion.

Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:00 pm

For fear of being called a "rivet counter" :cry:

... Does one "hood" look more round that the other? I'm looking at your photos "spookycat" and for some reason it looks that way .... anyone? .. who cares,... care to add feedback?

Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:05 pm

I wish I had better similar shots but I thought it looked like I.V. had a little more bubble to her.

Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:20 pm

spookythecat wrote:I wish I had better similar shots but I thought it looked like I.V. had a little more bubble to her.

Uh oh... bubble envy.

Moderators! :rolleyes:

Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:38 pm

Dan K wrote:
spookythecat wrote:I wish I had better similar shots but I thought it looked like I.V. had a little more bubble to her.

Uh oh... bubble envy.

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Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:51 pm

The first photo posted by Spookythecat is the same photo that I mentioned is in Flying magazine, so there you have it.

After checking out both examples, the Malcolm hood installation is almost completely different between Old Crow and Impatient Virgin, down to even the mechanisms to open and close the canopy. Pacific Fighters managed to have an original right-hand portion of the Malcolm hood assembly, un-earthed in England, which included the crank and sprockets for which they copied and through plenty of research I am sure, got it exactly how the Malcolm hood assemblies looked and functioned in WWII. Even the primer used on the interior Malcolm hood parts in Impatient Virgin is RAF interior green, which I thought was a pretty cool detail. Like the original Malcolm hood installation, it is rather crude when compared to factory installed sliding canopies.

If anyone is interested, here are some detail shots I took of some of the finer details of the Malcolm hood installation for a project I was working on over the summer.

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