On Mon, 02 May 2005 16:38:00 -0600, RomeoMike
wrote:

the P-51 is a surpringly stable airplane

It had to be, considering the number of hours pilots were expected to
fly in it during escort missions. If the airplane had been as
unstable as the Me 109 or the Spitfire the pilots might have been so
exhausted that they would be a danger to themselves and everyone else
near them.

Corky Scott