Ceci n’est pas une Mustang

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/29/2019 at 14:18 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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This is not a P-51  Mustang, Oppo. What is it?

I photographed this at the USAF Museum in Dayton last summer.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 14:26

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It’s the attack version of the P-51. I can’t remember the designation though, A-12, A-32, something like that.

ETA: Consulted Wikipedia. It’s the A-36 Apache. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 14:28

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Por quois pas?

Nibby > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 14:34

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r u d o l p h t h e r e d n o s e d p l a n e d e e r

user314 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 05/29/2019 at 14:34

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Agreed. The dive brakes are a dead giveaway.

Sadly there’s only three A-36 left, two airworthy examples and the one at the USAFM.

ttyymmnn > user314 05/29/2019 at 15:09

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The dive brakes are a dead giveaway.

Yes they are. The armament is also different (twin .50s in each wing, two more .50s in the chin firing through the propeller), and it has the additional air intake over the nose.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/29/2019 at 15:09

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It’s an A-36 Apache, the ground attack variant of the Mustang. Note the extended dive brakes on the wings.

ttyymmnn > Nibby 05/29/2019 at 15:10

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That is an excellent guess but, sadly, it is in correct.

Future next gen S2000 owner > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 15:31

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That’s a plane. Gib prize now!

ttyymmnn > Future next gen S2000 owner 05/29/2019 at 15:32

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You are correct; it is not a horse.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 05/29/2019 at 17:23

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Non. C’est un Mustang parce que l’avion est un garçon.

(pedant mode off)

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 05/29/2019 at 17:56

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