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by Maj Seda
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Our youth t-shirts are made from 100% pre-shrunk cotton and are available in five different sizes. All youth t-shirts are machine washable.
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A pair of beautiful vintage Spitfire and P-51D Mustang fighter planes side by side cruising around the Top Gear track at Dunsfold Park in Surrey... more
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A pair of beautiful vintage Spitfire and P-51D Mustang fighter planes side by side cruising around the Top Gear track at Dunsfold Park in Surrey England (Wings and Wheels event). A magnificent sight.
The P-51 was the most successful long-range fighter escort of World War II, but it was not an instant success. The P-51 was designed for the British in only 120 days to meet their requirement to purchase more fighters. The first P-51Ds were built with Allison engines; these aircraft were remarkable at low altitudes, but were considered under-powered and disappointing at higher altitudes. In late 1942 the P-51 was transformed when, in the UK, Rolls Royce Merlin engines were tested in place of the Allison. The Merlin, as used in the Spitfire, was then license-built by Packard in the USA and in 1943 was installed in the P-51B & C models. The Merlin made the 1944 P-51D, with its bubble canopy and six-guns, possibly the most beautiful and potent fighter of the time.
The P-51D ran...
Richmond, Surrey, UK All images are property of the artist and protected by (c) copyright. --- ***http://maj-seda.pixels.com/ ***http://www.flickr.com/photos/evictoria2011/
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