P-51 Question

[David Pride[_2_]]

Can anyone ID this P-51? Specifically the who, what, when, and where for
the test of the jet on the wingtip.

Thanks in advance.

David

[bob]

There was actually a jet-powered version of the P-51D, sort of. After the
war a P-51D was modified as a ramjet test platform, with one Marquardt
ramjet attached to each wingtip. The piston engine was retained, of course,
since a ramjet has to be moving at relatively high speed before it can be
started. The ramjet-boosted Mustang flew extensive tests until August 1948,
when one of the ramjets flamed out. The test pilot tried to relight it, and
ramjet exploded in a fireball. The pilot managed to turn the aircraft over
and bail out, leaving the Mustang to fall to earth.



"David Pride" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone ID this P-51? Specifically the who, what, when, and where for
> the test of the jet on the wingtip.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David
>
>

[Waldo Pepper]

I googled

p-51 ramjet wingtip

and got

http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8538&sid=e8ccd72fbef2ff379f533cd026228ff4

Easy peasy

Waldo.

[Conscious Pilate[_2_]]

Hmmm, wrongly identified on the the picture as 'rockets' but what the heck
enjoy

Conscious Pilate