No matter how hot the day could be, it must be a pleasure to fly such a fantastic airplane the P 51 Mustang along with the Corsair. Thank you again, Erik even though I am more of a rotary wing fan than a fixed wing from Caracas, Venezuela.
Brant. Great classic, historic airplane! Keep up the good work maintaining that beautiful bird so it can be around another eighty or many more years. It’s been said that things of quality have no fear of time.
Thanks to Brant and you for the detailed and interesting video. Brant seems to be a great guy, it’s very cool to have all these pilots with different personalities talk about the passion they share. Sparky is another pretty bird with, additional to its war history, its history being part of a family for so many years. Keep up the great work Erik!
Erik, that is the best walk-around I have ever seen. Brant (and you) did an excellent job. My dad was a line chief on P-51's during WWII and I wish he were here to see that they're still flying. I can't remember half of the stories he told me years ago. If only I could hear them again..
It's odd, the P-51 is worse than the P-47, but was adopted to "replace" the P-47 because it was cheaper and because it allowed some political manoeuvring (essentially the USAAC command structure blamed the 47 for high bomber losses due to its "short range" when in reality it only had a short range because USAAC refused to develop drop tanks for it because they thought fighter escorts would undermine the "bomber escort bomber" (a bomber without bombs but with even more defensive guns) concept) which was their preferred bomber defence strategy. But almost no one ever talks about this.
It would be interesting to know what sort of power settings you use in the race, at 250,000 for a rebuild. I can’t see it being “flat out” the entire time? But it must be quite a high setting if you are smoothing panels and covering the gun ports. I appreciate the hot rods would be flat out as that is their main job. But what setting do you use for a warbird. Thanks.
We had plans to film the cocktail tour. It took a break and unfortunately the T-6 accident happened and our priorities for the rest of the day shifted understandably
Love the walkaround. Our local (back in the 1950’s) 167th FG West Virginia ANG Unit back in January 1957 was the very last USAF Unit to fly the P-51 Mustang when they were retired from the inventory. My Dad worked line supply and ordered parts for the Mustang and was activated during the Korean War with our Unit. Growing up they flew over our house all the time when I was a kid. The Mustang at the AF Museum came from our Unit. The Mustang is my favorite aircraft ever built. Our Unit later became the 130th Airlift Group with C-119’s, then C-130E and C-130H’s and now C-130J’s. My Brother was a C-130 Pilot and I was a Crew Chief and Phase Dock Mechanic. Thank You again for this wonderful detailed interview !
Thank you for sharing, absolutely is part of our history like the owner mentioned.! Things are changing so fast so radical I'm afraid while gaining something hopefully, no doubt we already losing many. Stay safe.
Great walk around, and yes, the P-51 is one of my "All Time Favorites. " definitely need to do whatever we can to keep them flying. Thanks for the video.
