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The P-51...awesome plane..awesome..but then..who in the hell wants to be strapped to one for nearly 7 hours... These Long range escort P-51 types would really have had to be in shape...not like a bomber were you could strech a bit or be relieved for a time!

Only bad thing I ever read about the Mustang was that darned water-cooling that made it so high-performance, making it vulnerable in the ground attack role, where it was used in Korea. A round through the radiator, and it was bye-bye.

Speaking of P-51's..
I have a flight sim....Microsoft WW-2 fighters over Europe.
You can choose from several aircraft..and also fly campains...The Battle of Britian...and U.S. operations in Europe.
In the sim..each aircraft handles differently at varied altitudes..along with its flight characteristics.
It had alot of time and research put into it..for authenticity and time movement.
A P-51 Just hurtles..but to much stick..or jerky touch..and it porpoises up and down and bucks...the plane really behaved like this in real flight.
The German fighters....you don't want to be in one below 3000 ft...Dogs...deflection angle...and patience..and the guy will turn into your fire.
Spits are carberated...climb to fast..turn and roll..and lose power.
If you enjoy aircombat..get this .. You can pick it up for around $20.00 now...the Pacific version just out last year is around 60.00.
In one days op..if you are a German pilot..you approach about 20 B-17's from the rear or below.
The 50 cal fire..is realistic.."Pop pop pop"..as you get closer it gets louder...as you knife thu the formation you get an B-17 engine smoking..and your Fw-190 is ringing like a Hail storm with impact rounds going in ...I was a ball of fire the first time I flew this....in the headset you could hear some German screaming..I'm not sure if its the FW-190 pilot freaking or his wing man telling him to bail out!