General* Yeager
Q fr @aisb23 Did you ever fly a Spitfire? I know your opinion of the RAF is not high but what about their planes? A: Spitfire not great. P-51 was able to take the war to Germany
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Do you talk to Bud Anderson very often? How is he?
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P-51 used the Merlin engine from the Spit, built under license.
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Also use Rolls Royce engines
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It doesn't help that internet fanboys keep trying to compare their fully-fueled weights, as if a Mustang was going to be mixing it up with all six hours of internal fuel on board
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NOT Rolls Royce. That wasn't the question.
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Designed in the US following a request from the UK, unfortunately we didn’t have the benefit of the P-51 in 1940. And without the Allison version of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, it may well not have achieved the eventual success it did.
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P51D: merlin engine, great plane. Earlier versions no way near as good. Drop tanks gave range thus ability to support bombers superior to the Spitfire. Unfair to compare. But the Spitfire NOT GREAT! Rubbish.
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