We are proud to announce the latest addition to our museum
Man-O-War comes to us from Bret and Todd Ward who have leased the aircraft to us to use within our Warbird Ride Program.
The goal is to apply the proceeds from the ride program directly into the continued preservation of the aircraft made famous by Bret and Todd’s dad, Elmer Ward.
Links to websites for more info on Man-O-War:
MustangsMustangs.com
Pioneer Aero Service
P-51 Mustang Wikipedia
Specifications (P-51D Mustang)[edit source | editbeta]
Orthographically projected diagram of the P-51D Mustang
Orthographically projected diagram of the P-51D Mustang
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
- Height: 13 ft 4½ in (4.08 m:tail wheel on ground, vertical propeller blade.)
- Wing area: 235 sq ft (21.83 m²)
- Empty weight: 7,635 lb (3,465 kg)
- Loaded weight: 9,200 lb (4,175 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 12,100 lb (5,490 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Packard V-1650-7 liquid-cooled supercharged V-12, 1,490 hp (1,111 kW) at 3,000 rpm;[89] 1,720 hp (1,282 kW) at WEP
- Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0163
- Drag area: 3.80 sqft (0.35 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 5.83
Performance
- Maximum speed: 437 mph (380 kn, 703 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
- Cruise speed: 362 mph (315 kn, 580 km/h)
- Stall speed: 100 mph (87 kn, 160 km/h)
- Range: 1,650 mi (1,434 nmi, 2,755 km) with external tanks
- Service ceiling: 41,900 ft (12,800 m)
- Rate of climb: 3,200 ft/min (16.3 m/s)
- Wing loading: 39 lb/sqft (192 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.18 hp/lb (300 W/kg)
- Lift-to-drag ratio: 14.6
- Recommended Mach limit 0.8
Armament
- 6× 0.50 caliber (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine guns with 1,880 total rounds (400 rounds for each on the inner pair, and 270 rounds for each of the outer two pair)
- 2× hardpoints for up to 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs
- 6 or 10× T64 5.0 in (127 mm) H.V.A.R rockets (P-51D-25, P-51K-10 on)[nb 9]