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Cockpit of Death - The Terrifying Ride Into Combat in a P-51 Mustang

Step inside the legendary P-51 Mustang cockpit for an exclusive WW2 pilot’s view! In this detailed walkthrough, explore the controls, instruments, and cramped space that fighter pilots had to master ...
The National Interest

P-51 Mustang

The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so North American simply fused two P-51s together. During World War II, the ...
IndieWire

New 360-Degree VR ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ Film Puts You in the Cockpit of a P-51 Mustang as a Whole New Way of Teaching History

These immersive cinematic storytelling techniques illuminate history in a very unique way. On June 2, 1943 Lieutenant Charles B. Hall of the Army Air Forces shot down an enemy Italian fighter plane ...
The National Interest

P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang: Twin-Fuselage Marvel of Cold War Aviation

Quite a few military aviation history buffs have argued a case for the P-51D Mustang as the greatest fighter plane of all time. So then, going by the philosophy that “two heads are better than one,” ...
cnycentral

Rare World War II planes soar over Syracuse, rides and tours available this weekend

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some of the rarest planes from World War II will be on display through the weekend at Syracuse’s Hancock International Airport. The planes include the B-29 Superfortress and a P-51 ...