Warbird Information Exchange

No problem, I didn’t interpret that in a negative manner.

The latest from the XP-82 Facebook

Oh wow, it's so close! Go Tom and co!

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

I've seen it reported multiple places now that Ray Fowler is to be the pilot.

When I think back to 20 years ago I would have never guessed someone would take on such a project. Hats off to all the restorers returning to the skies the aircraft I never thought I would see in the skies again.

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Blue Skies,
Dan
http://www.flytoanothertime.com

Ray would be an excellent choice!

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Rod Schneider
Ball Ground, Ga

Here's my Oshkosh P-82 photo.

Best part is the counter-rotating props!


(pedal-plane-parade video:)

https://www.facebook.com/andy.ovans.3/v ... 582399098/

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Now these are cracking pictures from their blog....any news on the first flight?

From: http://xp-82twinmustangproject.blogspot.com/

What an awesome piece of machinery. Twenty years ago I would have bet money that the only Twin Mustang that we would ever see fly would have been the ex-CAF bird. Now we've got two nearly ready and neither of them is the ex-CAF machine! Extraordinary times for sure.

PS - I assume from the missing gear doors that those photos were taken prior to that above with the yellow spinners. No?

Chad, yes, any photos of the aircraft with the spinners still black were taken before the photos with the spinners yellow as they are now. On Mustangs retained by North American for their own flight testing purposes, they painted the prop spinners on each individual solid colors - yellow, blue, green, red, etc. - typically the only marking separating them on the ramp from all of the rest of the factory-fresh Mustangs.

Wow. Those photos!!!

JohnT, I never knew that. Thanks for explaining.

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

The guy who shot those is a friend of mine. The night run made the cover of EAA's Sport Aviation magazine. He is also a member on this site.

Will

The latest!

http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restora ... -2018.html

I've got to wonder how odd it is flying sitting that far left of the center line of the aircraft. Also whether ones senses are thrown off by this. Landing it must be a little weird also.

Does a pilot need to go through specialized training to fly this aircraft? Or is all that is required is to be checked out in a basic Mustang?

Yeah I know lots of questions that have probably been asked and answered at some point in the past.

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Mike in Florida
TSgt USAF Retired
Jan 86 - Sept 08
Aircrew Life Support
"Your Life Is Our Business"
(122X0, 1T1X1, 1P0X1)
NRA Life Member

I have often wondered about the sensations felt when flying this aircraft. Even a roll would seem weird. Since no one has flown own since the 1980s where would you get specialized training? I would think there are some very obvious differences between the F-82 and the P-51, the first being having to land and take off left or right of the center line, and forward view, since there are two engines to block your view.

Now I am not trying to come down on the pilot that was flying the CAF F-82 when it crashed, just the opposite. The pilot flying the CAF F-82 when it crashed was a very qualified P-51 pilot but even he had problems landing the aircraft. I would think that back when they were new I would expect that there was specialized training for the aircraft but I do not know that for a fact.