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For sale 1944 North American P-51D Mustang, only $4.5 million

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SPECIFICATIONS
1944 North American P-51D Mustang
S/N 44-77902 - N38227
​Airframe:
Original, unrestored, undamaged airframe
Time capsule - barnfind
Last flown 1983
Engine:
Packard Merilin V-1650-7 w Rolls Royce 620 Heads and Banks
Propeller:
Hamilton Standard 24-D50 Paddle Propeller
Equipment:
N38227 is in its original condition as purchased from the Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca. All armor plating and equipment is still installed.
History:
North American P-51D S/n 44-77902 flew in the Guatemalean Air Force between 1954-1972. In 1972 it was returned to the United States and registered as N38227. Flown in the U.S. between 1972 1983, N38227 last flew in 1983. N38227 has been stored inside in a dry climate for over 30 years.
This may be the last original unrestored P-51D Mustang in original military configuration.
Location:Texas​
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$4.5 for an airframe that hasn't flown in 36 years, yah that's a little optimistic. You're going to spend well over a million if the Merlin wasn't properly pickled - and even if it was, they'll be lucky if she's easily refurbished. And the "dry" climate for the past few decades means little, when she ran around the tropics for decades previously.
 
7ECA said:
$4.5 for an airframe that hasn't flown in 36 years, yah that's a little optimistic. You're going to spend well over a million if the Merlin wasn't properly pickled - and even if it was, they'll be lucky if she's easily refurbished. And the "dry" climate for the past few decades means little, when she ran around the tropics for decades previously.
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It comes with something like 20 spare engines and other gear. When I have my lottery dream moments I figured you could buy the whole package sell 75% of the engines and still pay for the restoration of the Mustang.
 
Always wonder the real reason for the change in the cockpit windows from the more streamlined and aerodynamic YB-52 to to the production B52.
Visibility? Flat armoured glass? Bird strikes? Better side view? Parallax free front view?
 
diopter said:
Always wonder the real reason for the change in the cockpit windows from the more streamlined and aerodynamic YB-52 to to the production B52.
Visibility? Flat armoured glass? Bird strikes? Better side view? Parallax free front view?
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You mean beyond the move away from a tandem cockpit toward the side by side arrangement?
 
It's often been said that a pilot and co-pilot have improved comms when seated side-by-side rather than back to face.

Dunno if that was the case here, but the X and YB-52s were cool-looking birds. I, too, wish they'd kept it as-is. They're "Jetsons" as F.

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7ECA said:
$4.5 for an airframe that hasn't flown in 36 years, yah that's a little optimistic. You're going to spend well over a million if the Merlin wasn't properly pickled - and even if it was, they'll be lucky if she's easily refurbished. And the "dry" climate for the past few decades means little, when she ran around the tropics for decades previously.
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Market price, It will sell. Platinium Fighters is a reputable broker.
 
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April 12, 1945
An abandoned PzKpfw VI Ausf. B ‘Königstiger" of the 1st company 507th Heavy Tank Battalion - known as the King Tiger by Allied soldiers, especially by American forces, Osterode, Germany
This is possibly Raymond Hurley, 165th Signal Photo Company (probably assigned to the 1st Infantry Division). showing the hole made in the turret by a Bazooka.
(Colour by RJM)
 
Suspect that the hole was actually made by a solid shot armour piercing projectile. HEAT rounds fire a very thin jet of molten material through the steel.
 
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