Twin Mustang Prototype to Fly Again

[donna43]

http://www.historynet.com/twin-mustang-prototype-to-fly-again.htm

http://xp-82twinmustangproject.com/     

[Vudu15]

wow...

[Gaidin]

Building it right down the road from me.  Have been to see it and the B-17 Project thats going on there.  Watch the maiden flight of the p-40 that brooks sold here about a year ago.  Alot of fun to go over and talk to those guys.

[Dragon]

Am I missing something?


They are building a 40' x 51' airplane in a hanger with what looks like a 16' door. 




 

[mthrockmor]

So what the heck was the purpose of this oddity?

I know the Germans designed a twin-109 model. The trick of that bird was 4x30mm cannons to compliment the 13.7mms and 20mms. It was purely for busting buffs at high altitude. One model built, damaged without ever having flown.

What did the weed smoking Americans think they needed a twin-51 for? I've wondered since I was a kid and first saw it.

Boo

[AWwrgwy]

So what the heck was the purpose of this oddity?

I know the Germans designed a twin-109 model. The trick of that bird was 4x30mm cannons to compliment the 13.7mms and 20mms. It was purely for busting buffs at high altitude. One model built, damaged without ever having flown.

What did the weed smoking Americans think they needed a twin-51 for? I've wondered since I was a kid and first saw it.

Boo

Range.

Escorting B-29s and B-36s on loooong range bombing runs. Lots of gas and two pilots so one can rest while the other flies.



wrongway

[Babalonian]

Wasn't there a reason why it never made it into production?... hope they know what they're doing, can't wait to see it fly.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Wasn't there a reason why it never made it into production?... hope they know what they're doing, can't wait to see it fly.

It did make it into production.

[SoonerMP]

I seem to believe that an F-82 flying out of Japan scored the first air-to-air victory in the Korean War.

[Golfer]

Wasn't there a reason why it never made it into production?... hope they know what they're doing, can't wait to see it fly.

It was produced and served. Quite well even.

[Rob52240]

If they're counted individually, how can #2 be rarer than #1 or #3?

[Rash]

nm

[F22RaptorDude]

Wouldn't be good if he two pilots couldn't agree with each other  I wanna go this way, no I wanna go this way! haha

[Rash]

It was a night fighter, the second guy was a radar operator.  Not sure if he had controls for the plane.  I could ask, but the guy I knew passed almost 3 years ago.  He was in Korea, flying as the radar operator.

[curry1]

I feel like it would be mandatory for the other guy to have controls.  How messed up would it be if he didn't?  If the pilot was wounded and couldn't get out but still alive and the co-pilot/radar operator bailed out that would be messed up.  Also, I thought it was supposed to be a long range escort fighter with two pilots to ease the load of the boring flight so they should have two control sticks.