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P-51H Mustang

Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:52 pm

I search a close up view of the glass roof (sorry I lost the English word) of the P-51H Mustang

Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:52 pm

I would guess you're looking for CANOPY pictures. Some people might have some good walkaround pictures. For a start, try these:

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=F-51H

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=P-51H

Re: P-51H Mustang

Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:56 pm

F3V wrote:I search a close up view of the glass roof (sorry I lost the English word) of the P-51H Mustang

There is a F-51H under restoration at an Air Force Base in the mid-west.
The website has close up pics of the canopy.
I can't remember where off the top of my head.
Rich

Re: P-51H Mustang

Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:59 pm

51fixer wrote:
F3V wrote:I search a close up view of the glass roof (sorry I lost the English word) of the P-51H Mustang

There is a F-51H under restoration at an Air Force Base in the mid-west.
The website has close up pics of the canopy.
I can't remember where off the top of my head.
Rich


That would be the Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul, Illinois. I was just there last week and the restoration looks great. They are having someone outside of Dayton, Ohio make them a new canopy. I don't remember who it is, but it is the same person/company that made the canopies for the F-82 in Dayton.

Hope this helps,

Zack

Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:03 pm

Link to the project at Chanute:

http://home.insightbb.com/%7Ep51h/progress.htm

Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:28 pm

Thanks you, it is a Canopy (I wasn't sure of the english word) I have what I Want.
It is for my plane profiles

Like That:
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My web site: http://profilavions.canalblog.com/

Thanks! :D

F3V

Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:15 pm

FV3, your English is fine, most of us don't speak too good of French either. Some of us are fluent in Texan, but English is still a bit foreign, like when you wear your jumper out on a cold morning to raise the bonnet to check the accumulator. What is the story behind the yellow Mustang in your photo? It looks like it has two Malcom type canopies. I have never seen one before like that. Does it have two seats and is that factory or a field modification?
Last edited by Bill Greenwood on Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:19 pm

That is one heck of a neat paint scheme!

Zack

Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:24 pm

My english is from the school.... ten years ago... :shock:

I don't know her story but I can copy and past that from Little friends web site:

P-51B 43-6865 J2-Q_ converted to a two seater. This a/c gave good value for the dollars spent on its purchase. It came to the 479th via the 20th FG where, as KI-Q it served as a war-weary hack and had previously seen operational service with the 352nd FG as PZ-X and PZ-M_ . Note the unusual presentation of the serial number on this one where the "4" of the "43" fiscal year denominator is shown.

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery. ... rchString=
(for the Photo)

It is very hard to have some "exotics" Mustang

Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:24 am

According to the serial no:

P-51B-5 Converted to a two seater and used by the 479th FG painted yellow overall.

Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:03 am

F3V,

As Bill said, your English is just fine, we're glad to have you here! That is certainly an interesting P-51 profile. War Wearys and Squadron hacks could fill a book of their own.

Scott

Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:26 am

I try my best... :lol:

Here is a P-51H:
Image
NASA or NACA? I don't know...
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If somebody had original photographs of P-51, P51H or P-47 I would be happy!

Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:21 am

I posted some P-51H images a while back - take a look at:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... highlight=

HTH! Mark

Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:39 pm

F3V wrote:Thanks you, it is a Canopy (I wasn't sure of the english word) I have what I Want.
It is for my plane profiles

Like That:
Image
My web site: http://profilavions.canalblog.com/

Thanks! :D


Curious how you decided to make a profile of this aircraft. It's an extremely rare one from the 479th FG/435th FS, my old squadron. I've only seen one photo of it, and it was in the squadron's scrapbook. I scanned the photo before I left.

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