Topic: P-51 Mustang

George Weeks: Tribute to Tuskegee Airmen fitting

It is timely to note that at Fort Wayne in downtown Detroit and at the Legacy Park at Crystal Mountain Resort near Traverse City there are displays...

NTSB looking at possibility of airframe failure in Reno crash

(Reuters) - Investigators probing last week's deadly crash of a World War Two-era plane at a Nevada air race are looking at the possibility a piece of the aircraft fell off shortly before it plowed into spectators, according to a preliminary report ...

Death toll in US air show crash rises to nine

The death toll from a horrific crash at a US air show rose to nine Saturday, as investigators sifted through wreckage of a vintage plane ploughed into the ground yards from a packed grandstand.Crash experts confirmed that they were looking at ...

At least 2 dead, dozens hurt at US air show crash

At least two people were killed and dozens injured when a vintage aircraft crashed into the ground at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials and reports said.Some local media said up to 12 people died and 75 ...

Plane crashes at Nevada air race, deaths reported

(Reuters) - A plane crashed near or into the grandstand at the Reno Air Races in northern Nevada on Friday, and multiple fatalities and critical injuries were reported, a Federal Aviation Administration official said.FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said local fire officials were ...

How Good Are You?

A crewman gives the "go" signal to a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, My Girl, on the island of Iwo Jima late in World War II. Today in 1940, the Mustang's prototype made its inaugural flight. Called the North American model ...
These two transporters are known by the same appealing name ? Mustang.During World War Two, small boys were fascinated by the airplanes which played such a significant combat role for the first time. Before the close of World War Two, over 14 ...

Chill out with Electric RC Aircraft

The common parlance has it that where there is RC toy, there is extraordinary fun.  Admittedly, against the backdrop of sweeping high-tech ear, advanced and newfangled electric RC gadgets have hit the market making a splash and gained immense popularity all over ...
There's a space station you can actually walk through (where wax astronauts sleep upright strapped to cots), and many multimedia areas that ratchet...

The “Jaws” of Cold War Fighters

From the company that brought you the P-51 Mustang, F-86 Sabre, and F-100 Super Sabre came the F-107, North American's entry in a 1950s Mach 2 fighter-nuclear bomber competition. Two man eaters went to the NACA High-Speed Flight Station (now NASA ...