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The most powerful rocket motor on the planet is tested
Do they have an installation kit for a 1973 Mustang?
American Ace Takes on Half the Luftwaffe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-51_Mustang
My "flight experience" is solely with simulators so devalue my opinions accordingly.
I always found the 262 to be too fast for dogfighting. It was great for hitting bombers which were practically stationary targets, but it was very difficult to get a bead on another fighter before you shot past them.
The P-51 is quite fast and powerful, of course, but not especially maneuverable. USAF craft generally weren't as agile as RAF and Luftwaffe craft, IMO. Of course, by the time the Mustang saw heavy service, the US was on heavy offense. It was necessary to sacrifice some maneuverability in exchange for increased flight range for bombing runs and escorts.
As for the guy at the end stating that the Mustang is the WW2 plane everyone wants to fly, I say "fuck no." Give me a Spitfire XIV any day.
American Ace Takes on Half the Luftwaffe
Even if the events unfolded just the way Candelaria reported them, there's one small detail missing from this video: his enemies, the Bf 109s, were "Schulungslehrgang Elbe", a suicide ramming squad with pilots who barely knew how to keep the airplanes airborne and planes without radios, armor or armament except for a single MG131 with very limited ammo. The squad might have been led by Oberst Hajo Herrman, a bomber pilot and night fighter pilot - not a proper fighter pilot for single seater like the 109.
You'll notice how they are basically climbing straight up to the bombers. That's either inexperience or they had no time to set up for a proper attack. Normally, you need to gain the altitude advantage in a 109, so you can dominate the fight without resorting to turnfights. As for the Me 262s: they could have easily outclimbed the Mustang, despite his initial altitude advantage. They played his game instead of forcing theirs upon him.
The defensive formation described as the circle was practiced by Bf 110s when they were used as escort fighters, because they were not nearly maneuverable enough to engage Hurricanes or Spitfires. Thus they resorted to a defensive formation, rendering them utterly useless for bomber protection. If 109 pilots employ this "tactic", you know they are as green as they get.
By the way: the fight between Sonderkommando Elbe and the bombers took place over the "Steinhuder Meer", a lake not even 20km from where I'm writing these very words. A memorial can be found in Celle, about 30km from here.
A survivor of the unit, who didn't take part in this sortie though, is Dr. Fritz Marktscheffel, who was active every now and then on Luftwaffe-Forum.de while it was still online.
>> ^Engels:
Kudos where kudos are due...but the 109 was no match for the P-51D and it was very easy to outmanouver those ME-262s. They were very primitive jets with only speed in a straight line on their side.
Can't leave this uncommented, sorry.
The Bf 109K4, deployed at the time of the engagement, outclimbs and outaccelerates the P51D at almost any altitude and has a similar top speed at high altitude. If used correctly - only BnZ, no TnB -, it can dominate the Mustangs. G6, G10 and G14 could hold their own as well. Even though they were inferior, to say they were "no match" is oversimplifying and/or exaggerating. Most Luftwaffe fighters simply had a different flight profile than the others.
Same for the Me 262 - keep to BnZ and no piston engine fighter will stand a chance. Unfortunatly, it's a luxury you can't quite afford if you have to shoot down bombers as quickly as possible, because they are already over your territory. Mustangs could easily outturn them, but they couldn't catch them either unless they started with a significant altitude advantage.
WW2 Propaganda Video: Stuka Dive Attack in Africa
I have a sudden urge to fire up IL-2 Forgotten Battles, jump into a Yak and go shoot down some Stuka's.
Id take a hurricane and shoot down some stukas with style.
Give me a P-51 mustang, or give me death.
HATERS GOTTA HATE, YO!
WW2 Propaganda Video: Stuka Dive Attack in Africa
>> ^Kalle:
Id take a hurricane and shoot down some stukas with style.
Give me a P-51 mustang, or give me death.
Most entertaining high-speed chase EVER!
Second most entertaining high speed chase.
Here's the first (By a long shot): http://www.videosift.com/video/Mustang-Spin-Police-Chase
Post Your Top Ever Vid Here! (Love Talk Post)
schmawy can't hide from his past - here's his former #1:
http://www.videosift.com/video/69-Mustang-Parking-Lot-Hijinx
heh heh.
mauz - awesome list from long gone users.
2006 Audi RS4 AD
That's actually pretty cool.
My '73 Mustang just brings home what it kills and leaves it at the front door like some sort of present. Ever try to get Sport Import fluids out of carpet? Yuck.
Woman Offers 96 Convertible Mustang For Her Lost Bulldog
Soooo...if she gave her Mustang away, why are they filming it on her lawn?
Woman Offers 96 Convertible Mustang For Her Lost Bulldog
"A nation-wide rash of dog kidnappings touched off by a woman trading her Mustang for her lost dog, more at 11."
Lost Treasures of Tibet
Tags for this video have been changed from 'NOVA, tibet, buddhism, temple, restoration, paintings' to 'NOVA, tibet, buddhism, temple, restoration, paintings, mustang, lo manthang, nepal' - edited by my15minutes
Neighbors mustang
goddamn that thing looks ugly.
Give me vintage mustang or set the pos on fire.
Family Man - Andrew Peterson
you could of course be ritch famus owna mustang and have a family. what noob
Idiot Spins Out And Crashes Mustang Into Oncoming Traffic
>> ^nomino:
>> ^PoweredBySoy:
lol. I live for videos like these. Fucking douchebags.
If you live for videos such as this one, check out http://www.videosift.com/video/Idiots-at-muscle-car-meet . Same thing but on a dumber scale. You have to wonder about people sometimes.
I love you.
Idiot Spins Out And Crashes Mustang Into Oncoming Traffic
>> ^PoweredBySoy:
lol. I live for videos like these. Fucking douchebags.
If you live for videos such as this one, check out http://www.videosift.com/video/Idiots-at-muscle-car-meet . Same thing but on a dumber scale. You have to wonder about people sometimes.