Ridgerunner
'Ole Wise One'
Lets go to a AIR PARADE...
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To me it sure is. The P51 used Packard built Merlin engines licensed by Rolls. I think all the British planes got all the British built Merlins. Lord knows they put them in enough models of aircraft Hurricanes, Spitfires, Mosquitos, Lancasters etc. Without the Merlin engine Britian would have been practically earth bound.I've attend a lot of air shows that featured warbirds from the U.S. and other countries. Without looking up at the sky, I can usually identify the plane from the sound of the engine.
To my ears the iconic P-51 Mustang with its Rolls-Royce designed two-speed two-stage-supercharged Merlin engine sounds the best of them all. It is considered by many to be the best WWll fighter ...
My favorite too. Besides its excellent performance, it just looked cool.Another WWll warbird favorite of mine is the Navy/Marine F4U Corsair.
It was nicknamed the "Whistling Death" by the Japanese soldiers. Because when they heard that sound, they knew big trouble was heading their way. ...
The F4U with its inverted gull wing design make it a very distinctive airplane.My favorite too. Besides its excellent performance, it just looked cool.
I'm a huge warbirds fan. ...
Years ago I took a tour of the USS Lexington aircraft carrier of WWll fame docked at Corpus Christi, Texas.
It's now a floating museum and in the hanger bay has one example of every warbird that ever flew off its deck.