Mustang Mks I & IA Pilots Notes US/RAF Fighter/ Allison Engine/ Instant PDF Download

Author: DoD/HMSO?

Publisher: Dod/HMSO?

Pagination: 57

Format: Digital

Pilot's Notes

Aeroplane: Mustang I & IA

AP No. 2025A

Publisher: Air Ministry 

Date: September 1941

Engine(s): Allison V-1710

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The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger[5] of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October.[6][7]

The Mustang Mk.I was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which had limited high-altitude performance in its earlier variants. The aircraft was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I).

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