P-51 Mustang | Behind the Wings

[@piketubeman]

Look at the smiles on both of these guys. We need more stuff like this.

[@adamsaffell2361]

Aidan darby-miller we need planes like this for ourselves LOL

[@johnosbourn4312]

Amen!

[@ckelley63]

The best fighter of all time!!

[@gibbyrockerhunter]

True. Sparks are flying.

[@wockyslush3038]

Y'all gotta do the Corsair or Hellcat, i wanna see some WWII Naval/Marine fighters

[@Pitchlock8251]

Hellcat is love, Hellcat is life.

[@left_ventricle]

Pitch Lock Dedication. For me Tempest is ma favorite haha

[@realsausageproductions8134]

Just play war thunder. It’s free.

[@wockyslush3038]

@@realsausageproductions8134 bruh

[@danielwittig8002]

My Dad had a memorable encounter with a P-51 during the war. My Dad grew up on a farm in the lovely Sugarloaf Valley near Hazleton PA. In 1944 he was 10 years-old and like most boys, obsessed with WWII planes, ships and vehicles. An older neighbor of his joined the Army Air Force after he graduated tiny Rock Glen High School and wound up in flight school. He did well and was training on a P51, close to or after graduation. Anyway, he called home and told his folks to tell everyone to be outside, eyes on the skies, the next afternoon. The teachers took the kids outside and waited. Sure enough, while on a training flight, he pealed off from his fighter group and the few hundred kids and neighbors heard the sound of a plane coming in over the Stony Ridge Mountain above his home town of Rock Glen. The drone turned into a deafening roar as he came over the mountain, turned and dived down to buzz the school low, my Dad thought at about 1000 ft. The whole school cheered and the kids all jumped up and down for joy! The sound of that Rolls-Royce Allison engine was pure power, loud and growling like nothing he ever heard before. The pilot then climbed and proceeded to do some barrel rolls and other aerial acrobatics that thrilled his neighbors below. He flew low around the conical Sugarloaf Mountain, then climbed and flew back to join his unit. My Dad said teachers were worried the pilot might get in trouble, but the younger school kids played airplane with their arms out like wings and got so worked up that the principal sent them home an hour early. That P-51 and its pilot were the talk of the valley until after the war ended. Dad said morale in the town for victory skyrocketed after that pilot’s little stunt. With planes like that, how could we lose! Dad never found out exactly what happened to that hot shot pilot, but he survived the war. P-51 - Cadillac of the Sky!

[@BudikahYT]

Such a damned beautiful aircraft.

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

Absolutely, this was the ULTIMATE episode of Behind the wings. No better- looking, prop- driven aircraft around..... And an utter WWII legend in its own right!!!.

[@Moxie_278]

I like all of them

[@terrycooper4149]

Actually got a ride in this Mustang about 40 years ago. Mike Bertz was the pilot. Unforgettable experience.

[@robertbundy3769]

Probably the most beautiful airplane ever produced!

[@johnosbourn4312]

This is my favorite Warbird of all time! Also, I own 21 books on this aircraft, along with one 1/72nd Scale Diecast Model, two 1/64th Scale Models, two hats, one shirt, a pin, and several posters, and drawings, as well, and, every year at my local air show, I'm always taking pictures of the Mustang that calls the CB Airport, home: "Gunfighter".

[@pfg72]

I've been hopelessly in love with this gorgeous art piece for as long as I can remember. Never been lucky enough to see one up close and personal, but I believe I would probably cry for joy. It's weird, I know, but I just can't help it. Great video! Cheers from Patagonia!

[@NealyLL]

Lovely aircraft , fantastic Engine. Possibly the finest piston engine ever made for its time. It’s a Merlin. And it’s what made the mustang a mustang. What a package.

[@jerrytee2688]

Packard had a lot to do with making it a practical powerplant as far as standardizing parts & interchangibilty. Quite the collaborated effort in such a small time frame.

[@rolandtamaccio3285]

,,, the Rolls Royce piston alloy, RR-75, might been the all time best single version of aluminum ever .

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Spdbrd And every single Merlin Mustang off the production linen had an AMERICAN built version by PACKARD. NOT one RR built Merlin went in a production Mustang, all were Built By PACKARD IN AMERICA QQQ

[@SvenPiper]

Still the most beautiful airplane they ever built.

[@apinchofsalt-7598]

Wow it looks beautiful like all mustangs do.

[@davy1458]

Man ID have loved to been 18 years old and turned loose with one of those....some of our veterans really got to live an exciting life!!!

[@2atalkandpolitics422]

Lucky!!!! Best US aircraft ever! They definitely helped my grandpa make it thru his tour. He was a b17g pilot

[@markmorris5880]

Mark Bingham very cool that you took it over from Mike Bertz and kept it in the original markings he painted it in and glad she stayed here in Colorado....just saw her two weekends ago in Colorado Springs for the PPRAS 2019 show and she looked great!!

[@bennperkins4006]

Great video! Bloody love Behind the Wings, and this whole channel. And Matthew seems to have limitless positive energy, always such a pleasure to watch these videos!

[@Warbird-Aviation]

This video is really great! A guy with passion explains easily to people complex stuff! Thank you and I wish I have somebody making such a video of our plane!!!

[@chinook9785]

Whats better than one Mustang, two Mustang. Bang Twin Mustang!

[@haberlandtoskar530]

A Mustang is sooooo beautiful, and a Twin Mustang is so ugly....:)

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Sorry you didn't get to go along for a ride, Matt! Great video, as always--thanks!

[@Imustfly]

Easy going, audience oriented banter between two...HAPPY guys. It really DOESN'T get any better that that !! Nicely done.

[@lawpitman8782]

The P51 Mustang is a work of art. I'd rather have a P51 in my living room than a Rembrandt or Picasso

[@lonememe]

Say, that looks like the airport I fly out of! KFTG! I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for this beauty next time I'm up there.

[@ryansta]

Keine bomb nicht bang, learn something new everyday. Great film, pleasure to listen to someone like this owner.

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

One of the most beautiful WWII era planes ever built, especially in the polished finish. I didn't realize the front of the cockpit was flat like that, till this video. Interesting.

[@GlaucoSilvestri]

Great bird... great episode 😊😊😊

[@richbowser9500]

Matthew, I have you on my bucket list of things to see . I will be visiting the museum.

[@jameshenry5236]

Gotta love that P-51

[@michaelcasia7264]

This channel deserves a million subscribers

[@rogerwilliams2902]

Best 2 looking planes of the war , P51D and the Mosquito . Beautiful. Regards from the UK.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

rogerwilliams........sorry but the Mustang in this Video is a P51K, as he said it was built in Dallas, the "D's" were made in Inglewood Calif. too bad their info is WRONG !!!!

[@topturretgunner]

Thank you for this great review of one of my favorite WWII airplanes. Absolutely cool. Again thank you Matthew. 👍🇺🇸❤️

[@bence8144]

Thank you for that video, since my favourite plane is the P-51 and the later version👌

[@wyattjones5661]

"I notice you got a jump seat back there." "How about I fly and I'll tell you about it." Fucking shot down XD

[@jeffreyashman9751]

Such a beautiful aircraft. Where I live on a fairly regular basis, I can hear a P-51D from time to time flying overhead. Sometimes more than one.When I hear them, I bring up flight radar 24 and sure enough Crazy Horse I AND II and MAD MAX will be up around 10000 ft. Go out with binoculars and watch for a short time. I'm in central Florida and they are out of the Kissimmee War Birds airport. Once you have ever heard the Rolls Royce Merlin, you will never ever forget it.

[@pilotguy1141]

Mustang is one of my all-time favorites. But another all-time favorite of mine to gets not enough recognition is the Douglas A-1 Skyraider just a badass airplane

[@bkgamerplayz1101]

My great grandfather flew this bird in WWII and was in action with japan and Germany on fighter escort also he flew a f86 and was awarded the medal of honer

[@packosand3287]

does your grand dad have any items from the past he kept? like the medal or an item from his early days?

[@bkgamerplayz1101]

@@packosand3287 Yes, he does. I have his patches, and his wings. I also have his Second Lieutenant pin identification.

[@AviationPlus]

Thank you so much for sharing. Will have to visit one day.

[@golovinsgreatest2951]

Thank you for explaining the history behind this wonderful aircraft! I first started watching your videos when I watched your A7 Corsair video!

[@windshearahead7012]

Why didn’t he let you fly in the back?

[@ParkerUAS]

My guess is weight and balance. If the fuselage tank is installed and has fuel, then the back seat has a pretty low weight limit. Almost always the fuselage tank is empty with passengers. Other guess is he may not be insured to fly passengers.

[@akira757]

I was thinking insurance purposes more likely

[@jollyrogerhobbies2386]

@@ParkerUAS The back seat replaces the Fuselage tank. So if there is a rear seat there is no tank. However the rear seat is very small, smaller than the front. so being 6'2", he may no fit back there. Another reason would be insurance and one last reason is possible that the pilot was not current on landings and therefore makes him illegible to have a passenger, though that last one is very doubtful.

[@ParkerUAS]

@@jollyrogerhobbies2386 , the only one I have been around is Toulouse Nuts and I thought the observer seat was where the radio compartment was. With modern radios being so much smaller it opened up that area.

[@jollyrogerhobbies2386]

@@ParkerUAS if I remember correctly, the radio sat above the tank. I remember reading about how the gauge for the fuselage tank was a sight glass mounted on the front of the tank over the pilots left shoulder. In stock photos, you can see the filler cap to the tank just under the port side rear portion of the canopy.

[@trulymichiganaerialrandycl4873]

Beautiful!

[@Panzerfaust-cj8qt]

My favorite ww2 Plane she is a beautiful example of a p-51d mustang and that rolls Royce Merlin is such a great thing to listen too

[@johnosbourn4312]

Agreed, there's nothing like a Merlin at full song.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Panzerfaust WRONG !!!! Its a K model Mustang, built in Dallas and it is powered by the AMERICAN made PACKARD V1560-7 merlin !! NOT one RR built Merlin was ever used in a production Merlin Mustang !! ! FACTS of history, less the lies, hype and British Bull$hit !!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@johnosbourn4312 Especially the PACKARD version , made in AMERICA !!!

[@SimplySpace]

Absolutely beautiful

[@gate7clamp]

Love seeing a new episode

[@haroldmclean3755]

There She is ! MISS AMERICA 😍👍

[@robertprice9052]

I have always loved that plane. My first and second car was a Mustang, and I have a Mustang now. If I have 2mil I would buy one!

[@Pilotc180]

Built in Texas, it is actually a K model. Essentially the same as the California built D model, with the Aero Products prop instead of the Hamilton Standard cuff blade of the D

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Pilotc Damn another brilliant observer caught that fubar also !!! Yes it is a K as it was built in Dallas !!

[@MrJorgerocha]

You have the best job in the universe ... I wish see your museum. But is just dreaming to me.

[@lowtech5380]

I wish we couldve seen it flying from the ground. Still an awesome plan. This baby shot down ME 262's

[@TheblueTraxxasRustler]

My favorite plane of WWll

[@paulgrieshop5024]

Mine to

[@ericdixon9187]

Beautiful war bird

[@angelicwolf909]

Thanks for the ride! How long would it take an 18 year old back in the day to learn to fly one of these things safely and then to train for combat? It blows my mind to contemplate that ... awesome. How much does it cost to maintain one of these things if you could get one? I got lots and lots and lots of questions.

[@TVaughan667]

I have read elsewhere that back in the day, pilots reporting to the ETO for combat duty had about two weeks familiarization training in the P-51 before going on combat missions. Also, the total time in their logbooks from the start of pilot training was about 200 hours.

[@bush_wookie_9606]

Someone actually disliked this vid wtf is wrong with you ??

[@ToddBreda]

Trolls. They make it their life's mission to thumbs down videos no matter how great they are.

[@Turbodog1]

They're probably German or Japanese

[@Jojo_Bee]

Shame on them dislikers!

[@gottago9824]

probably got sick of the music.... like me

[@okeybuckeye524]

Operation Paperclip hitting the dislikes.

[@henryparent1157]

Thank you

[@easttexan2933]

Such a great airplane. Truly epic in every detail.

[@keirfarnum6811]

P51d and the Mossy are the two best fighters from WWII!

[@sailingnuestravida]

HOW COOL IS THAT???

[@tysoncott7402]

Super good video, thanks for making & sharing it!

[@ThePropergol5]

Amazing aircraft, I flew in one of these at Sonoma, it was so amazing, the sound, smell, backfires etc... one of the best experience I had. Such a shame he did not take him with him.

[@tylermckinnon4697]

can you do an extended version?

[@wn6904k]

Noticed the main gear doors closed while its was engine off. I thought part of the shut down check list was to release all hydrolic pressure, and the result was these doors would drop down. Reason why was to prevent accidental gear retractions. Did I miss something or is there a different retraction system on this plane?

[@TheConvertable50]

How did I miss this when I was there

[@pantera6169]

I live a few miles from the Centennial airport. I used to work for Jeppesen Sanderson, and Adam aircraft.

[@anthonyrosa5006]

Sweet! Bring a Skyraider and Corsair next. A Mosquito would be awesome or a Storch.

[@donb1183]

P51 Mustang - The Packard of the skies

[@RJDCR]

thanx

[@eddielane9569]

Why couldn't you fly in the rear seat with him at the stick ? That was a great plane !

[@harrisonberdan6277]

My guess is that Mr. Bingham isn't 90 day current to carry passengers in a single engine airplane. It could also be insurance related, since underwriters love to impose restrictions like that, especially on unique aircraft.

[@jsteiger2228]

@@harrisonberdan6277 Wouldn't the currency issue be fixed by doing 3 takeoffs and landings, then having him jump in the back seat?

[@harrisonberdan6277]

That can get expensive. A Merlin slurps a lot of gas, and most FBOs would need an instructor checkout for before renting the most basic plane from them. Minimum of maybe $150 on the lowest end. Another consideration is that if he received payment of any sort for his interview. Then, if he took up a passenger in the context of this episode, there’s a violation of FAR61.113. He could be an airline pilot, but without operating under an air carrier certificate, he’d still be violating that pesky “no compensation” law. Sorry for getting a little in the weeds with that. If there’s one thing pilots love doing (other than telling people they’re a pilot) it’s sharing flying with someone else. I struggle to believe that the answer to the original question was “because I don’t feel like it”

[@eddielane9569]

@@harrisonberdan6277 thanks for your response.

[@erinchillmusic8930]

What a d..ck for inviting him out to do a video but wouldn't take him up for a ride along. Unless that would put them out of CG limits which he would have explained. Not a real aviator. No respect.

[@manny2ndamendment246]

Keep em flyin

[@johnosbourn4312]

Hey, Matthew, here's a suggestion for a future episode of your show: F4U Corsair.

[@markmorris5880]

They have one now in Colorado springs at the museum, the ONLY F3A Corsair in existence!! And it flies!!

[@Nico-rr5co]

My favorite next to the C-130!

[@tforest9841]

Thanks for this great informational content

[@bollewillem1]

Jets are great. But this plane is art.

[@memey5308]

About damn time 😁

[@billr8276]

At 11:14, I can see two stickers on the plane that seem to indicate it was used in two movies. Which movies?

[@정재훈-q7g]

what a beauty

[@0134harley]

Oh man , those 2 guys are one of the luckiest men on earth 😁

[@Valor_73737]

The 1st of the 3 aircraft I regret never getting to fly!

[@HarunARosid-zf1bq]

Good video

[@djrosario1107]

Why isn't there a C version of this classic fighter? And what is those two movie cam marks on the fuselage?

[@dragonalpha9894]

Two movies it was used in.

[@dragonalpha9894]

The c type was not produced in large numbers. The D type upgrades overtook the C type before it went into production

[@djrosario1107]

@@dragonalpha9894 Great, very kind your answer, thank you! Do you mind if I ask you what movies it was used in? I would like to see those movies.

[@halroofner4069]

Damn. What flight? More footage.

[@s0nnyburnett]

There should be absolutely NO background music when those blades are turning.

[@oryr16]

Weren’t two of the 6 .50s recessed into the wing to make space for ammo? Didn’t that cause the badass whistling noise? In this example the guns are all aligned. Was this factory in some?

[@oryr16]

John Klatt I’ve heard both, so maybe both contributed to the whistle. Either way we agree it’s an amazing aircraft. 👍

[@coflyer2949]

You guys need to contact the guys who own the seafury at Centennial airport! They're a couple hangers down from the mustang there.

[@sgomez3047]

Guys...what a gorgeous plane Mark!! But who's Col. Mike Bertz?

[@maofangjushi4711]

Awesome!

[@rodgerhatfield3068]

So cool!!

[@ssexpress4798]

Would it be possible to upload more of the flight? This was a great episode!

[@markmorris5880]

From the look of the video I think Bingham just took her once around the pattern and brought her in to land again just for the video so there may not be much more video of the flight!!

[@Wings_Museum]

@@markmorris5880 that's right. Mark just did a quick flight and tried to give a little play-by-play of what he was doing, but the noise in the cockpit was so loud that the audio was indiscernible.

[@jamesevans9007]

@@Wings_Museum Yeah, the P-51 is stupid loud in the cockpit, as any WW II pilot will tell you. In a long mission, it was the noise that was as wearing on the pilot, every bit as much as the physical demand of sitting in the same position for hours at a time.

[@embarkingolive]

You have covered a lot of my favourite fighter craft, and have touched on the EA-18G. With the new Top Gun on it's way, I would love it if you covered my favourite aircraft, the F-/A18E Super Hornet!

[@dragonalpha9894]

Hornet borbet ... Tomcat can eat hornets and keep on going.

[@F0KK3RM4N]

Ah the Merlin, one of the best engines to come from that era, love hearing it purr

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

FOKK3RM4N And PACKARD built ALL engines in the Mustangs !!!

[@USNRaptor]

I never knew about the paper drop tanks.

[@danwilson1675]

Just wondering why he didn't let him go up in the jump seat ?

[@kkesler627]

My father flew those birds... 4th fighter group eagle squadron he was an ace. Air superiority baby, P-51 mustang War winner. I thank God everyday he is not here to see what has happened to our country under the Biden regime

[@djsangre]

I was in a Spitfire once and the cockpits felt quite spacious, but the canopy was very tiny and close to my head, I was afraid to turn it left and right. I’m 5.7 and in shape.

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

Notice the thinness of the wing roots compared to other world war 2 plane s. That’s why this thing did not loose energy maneuvering at high speed

[@smpfilms95]

My grandpa would’ve loved to see this he worked on those bad boys in North Africa

[@Juno58]

Why are the inner gear doors closed? In normal case they are open if the engine is not running and has no hydraulic pressure.

[@stevedemarest276]

Why'd you cut out almost all the flight content?

[@jamesblair8436]

What is the Tiger emblem? And you didn't do a discussion of the radiator and oil cooler.

[@shortcutronny663]

I love that plane.... Did i hear wrong?... 1430 hp Merlin... In the Spit it was normally 1650 hp...

[@everythingman987]

That's with 150 octane fuel. 150 and even 130 aren't made anymore.

[@johnosbourn4312]

That's because the Spit 60 ed a different model of the Merlin, from that powering the Stang.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@johnosbourn4312 The $hitfire used a Brit Built by RR version of the merlin !!!! The Mustang used the PACKARD, made and redesigned and improved in AMERICA version in the Mustang only, no other plane used the V1650-3/-7/-8/-11 except the Mustang. HP depended on octane of the fuel, boost pressure altitude of engines. Mustang was 30 MPH Faster than a Mk IX $hitfire, although being 2,000# heavier, Mustang more aerodynamic, Laminar flow wing more streamlined thrust producing radiator and the more efficient wide bladed prop, dem facts of history !!!

[@momotheelder7124]

Liked the titbit about the German drop tank, I didn't realise that was the reason for that text.

[@gherthort]

So is this the end of behind the wings since Matt moved to Seattle

[@xikungao2376]

Well maybe next time we see him he's gonna be doing a behind the wings in the Museum of Flight. B-29 Behind the Wings when when when???

[@clippedwings225]

If the paper drop tanks eventually fell apart, how did that effect fuel quality? I assume some dissolved particles end up in the engine?

[@clawrence034]

The average lifespan of the aircraft was probably far shorter than the time it would take for the engine to be damaged by cellulose particles. Also, there would be a fuel filter between the engine and the tanks.

[@vector6977]

They did fine, they were coated with a fuel safe sealant.

[@429thunderjet2]

@Mac Mike if you listen to the video, he said they lasted about ten hours after fuel was put into them.