Col. Rohr's Air Force 1977 (just kiddin')

[Swiss Mustangs]

This is one for you Rob

taken in 1977





is it still existing ?

Martin

[Swiss Mustangs]

speaking of 101's....

March 1976 MASDC



June 1980



Martin

[Swiss Mustangs]

have to check for F-47's but here's a F-51H




Martin

[tom d. friedman]

only my opinion... but the p-51 h model was the uglified version of the type. maybe more economical but performance wise & asthetically a dissapointment. best, tom

[Tulio]

Tom:

It has been said that a measure of a person's intelligence, is how much they agree with our opinions . . . this makes you a very intelligent person : )

I don't like the "H" model one bit.


Saludos,


Tulio

[snj-5]

only my opinion... but the p-51 h model was the uglified version of the type. maybe more economical but performance wise & asthetically a dissapointment. best, tom

How's that saying go? God drives a Corvette, rides a Harley
and flies a P-51(D) Mustang

Also only my opinion, but the D model Mustang is one of those
airplanes that, if you change any dimension / lofting curve
a quarter of an inch, you've gone and ruined it.

There's a long-term H model restoration project right down the
street from me (I've had the pleasure of viewing it in a disassembled
state). I was told the number of interchangeable parts from the D
to H could be counted on two hands and one foot.

In the end, NAA did what they had to with the H (put the design on
a diet) but they broke the quarter inch dimension / lofting curve
change rule big-time!

Bela P. Havasreti

[dhfan]

By coincidence I was looking through an ancient copy of Flypast (Feb 1991) a couple of days ago and there was an article about Mike Coutche's F-51H in it. It said the only interchangeable parts with a D are the engine mount spacers.
Not sure about Tom's performance comment. The article said it was a lot quicker than a D.

[Don Martin]

Rob, I think I have a picture of that T-Bird, but, its sitting out side of an American Leagon hall in Penn. I think. The Bangor Air Defence Sector extended, what about half way down the Atlantic coast and as far as Ohio or something like that. I don't ever remember a T-33 up here, before or after they moved the gate.
Don


And Who was that PICKING ON LITTLE ROBBIE ROHR, now?

[Tom Crawford]

With the jet fighter already in the air I've never understood the need for the "H" model unless North American had to design it on the way to developing the P-82 or visaversa. There are a lot of fuselage and other similarities..

[tom d. friedman]

look how north american created the navion.... with alot of ww 2 surplus p-51 parts, to capture the f- word (fighter) AS ENTICING BAIT. PRETTY GOOD MARKETING STRATEGY ON NORTH AMERICAN'S PART!!! BEST, TOM

[tom d. friedman]

& imean the post war civilian market, & alot of people took the bait!!! great plane, many still flying too. a tribute to the grat idea.

[Glenn Wegman]

I'll take the H over the D anytime!

At first the H looks a little strange, but after you get used to looking at an H, the D looks like it's pregnant.

Glenn

[Tom Crawford]

I sternly disagree. They should have finished up with the "D" and gone straight to the F-86 with minimal stops in between...just keep on creating
classics......

[Don Martin]

Sorry to be a dissenter Colonel, But here is another shot of the T-33 taken about 2003 and this is not Bangor as I have ever known it. Try somewhere in Maryland.