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SOH-CM-2025
Warbirdsim's latest product, "Mustang Tales: Post-WWII and Navy Service", is now available here: http://warbirdsim.com/
This product tells of the individual stories of 15 different Mustangs, that combined tell of the greater developmental and service legacy of the P-51D & F-51D from WWII to Korea, and from WWII until the present day. The product features the following aircraft, which have all been developed as different aircraft from one another, throughout, ensuring that each is accurate and authentic through the over-all airframes, cockpits, aft cockpits, gun bays and wheel wells to each specific variant. Throughout development, the original NAA blueprint drawings, USAAF and USAF Technical Orders, assembly and maintenance manual, pilot's manuals, period photographs, and other leading research and resources were all consulted.
1944 - P-51D-5-NA 44-14017 (modified by Navy and used in carrier operations trials)
1945 - FJ-1D Seahorse ("what-if" Navy variant following 1945 production standards)
1945 - P-51D-30-NA 44-75025 “Shangri-La” (Maj. Don Gentile displayed this aircraft (flying and static) at the week-long Air Force Fair, held at Wright Field in mid-October 1945)
1945 - P-51D-30-NT 45-11513 “Royal New Zealand Air Force” (No. 1 Auckland Squadron, Whenuapai AB, New Zealand)
1947 - P-51D-25-NT 44-84489 “Royal Australian Air Force” (No. 77 Squadron, Iwakuni AB, Japan)
1947 - ETF-51D-25-NT 44-84900 "NACA 127" (heavily modified for dive tests, stationed at Langley AFB, Virginia)
1950 - P-51D-30-NA 44-74423 “Royal Canadian Air Force” (No. 442 City of Vancouver Squadron, Sea Island Airport, Vancouver)
1950 - F-51D-25-NT 44-84602 “Little Beast II” (12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Chinhae AB, Korea)
1951 - P-51D-30-NT 45-11471 “South African Air Force” (No. 2 Squadron, Kangnung AB, Korea)
1951 - F-51D-30-NA 44-74692 “By Faith I Fly!” (Col. Dean Hess, commander of 51st Provisional Fighter Squadron, ROKAF, Seoul AB, Korea)
1952 - RF-51D-25-NT 44-84837 “Little Lynn” (45th Tac Recon Squadron, Kimpo AB, Korea)
1952 - F-51D-20-NA 44-72197 “FF-197” (192nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Keflavik AB, Iceland)
1953 - F-51D-25-NT 45-11489 "ANG-489" (Minnesota ANG, 109th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis)
1972 - P-51D-30-NA 44-74452 “N74190” (purchased surplus from Guatemalan AF, modified slightly for civilian operation, flown to and operated out of Texas)
2001 (To Present Day) - P-51D-30-NA 44-74543 "Geraldine" (stock-restored, privately hangared at Kenosha, Wisconsin)
2010 - P-51D-30-NA 44-74543 "Geraldine" (Reno racing modified (lighter and faster than stock model, coupled with visual modifications))
Also included is an authentic reproduction of the carrier U.S.S. Shangri-La, produced by Michael Davies, depicted as it was at the time of the carrier operations trials conducted with the Navy-modified P-51D 44-14017, in November 1944. The carrier is setup with an AI route that has the ship sail from the Norfolk docks up into Chesapeake Bay, where the original trials took place, and docking back at its berth again in the evening. Once into the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay, the ship sails a NW/SE route, back and forth throughout the day, allowing you a great many opportunities to practice carrier landings and takeoffs when heading into the prevailing winds out of the NW.
Included as well are saved flights that have each of the included aircraft positioned in all of the locations around the globe where they were originally stationed or are currently hangared, and some with flight plans. One such saved flight places the historic Navy-modified P-51D on the deck of the USS Shangri-La, while at sea, early in the morning of November 15, 1944, with the aircraft cold & dark, ready for the day's historic trials. Another set of flights, complete with flight plans, traces Geraldine's 2010 journey across the US from Kenosha Wisconsin to the air races at Reno, Nevada, with a stop-over first at Ione, California, where the actual race modifications are undertaken.
User Guide:
Here is a download page for the product user guide, as also included (please read carefully before first using the aircraft in FSX, otherwise your experience with the aircraft will be greatly diminished): https://www.wetransfer.com/download...51c2ce0825803cebb77f345020130313133405/82c619
Paintkit:
If you are interested in the product paintkit (just completed in-time!), please send your purchase details and specific request to Warbirdsim Support: support@warbirdsim.com
Additionally, please refer to these pages for more images and information about all of the variants and some of the details and features included:
All Variants: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.419153371508873.1073741825.411008492323361&type=3
P-51D to the F-51D: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76424-New-WBS-Mustangs and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.411386755618868.97187.411008492323361&type=3
Historic Navy P-51D: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.411036362320574.97123.411008492323361&type=3
FJ-1D Seahorse: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76242-Taking-the-Mustang-to-Sea
Guatemalan AF F-51D: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76196-Importing-an-Old-Crate-Across-the-Border
P-51D "Geraldine": http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76177-Going-to-Reno and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.414170418673835.97517.411008492323361&type=3
This product tells of the individual stories of 15 different Mustangs, that combined tell of the greater developmental and service legacy of the P-51D & F-51D from WWII to Korea, and from WWII until the present day. The product features the following aircraft, which have all been developed as different aircraft from one another, throughout, ensuring that each is accurate and authentic through the over-all airframes, cockpits, aft cockpits, gun bays and wheel wells to each specific variant. Throughout development, the original NAA blueprint drawings, USAAF and USAF Technical Orders, assembly and maintenance manual, pilot's manuals, period photographs, and other leading research and resources were all consulted.
1944 - P-51D-5-NA 44-14017 (modified by Navy and used in carrier operations trials)
1945 - FJ-1D Seahorse ("what-if" Navy variant following 1945 production standards)
1945 - P-51D-30-NA 44-75025 “Shangri-La” (Maj. Don Gentile displayed this aircraft (flying and static) at the week-long Air Force Fair, held at Wright Field in mid-October 1945)
1945 - P-51D-30-NT 45-11513 “Royal New Zealand Air Force” (No. 1 Auckland Squadron, Whenuapai AB, New Zealand)
1947 - P-51D-25-NT 44-84489 “Royal Australian Air Force” (No. 77 Squadron, Iwakuni AB, Japan)
1947 - ETF-51D-25-NT 44-84900 "NACA 127" (heavily modified for dive tests, stationed at Langley AFB, Virginia)
1950 - P-51D-30-NA 44-74423 “Royal Canadian Air Force” (No. 442 City of Vancouver Squadron, Sea Island Airport, Vancouver)
1950 - F-51D-25-NT 44-84602 “Little Beast II” (12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Chinhae AB, Korea)
1951 - P-51D-30-NT 45-11471 “South African Air Force” (No. 2 Squadron, Kangnung AB, Korea)
1951 - F-51D-30-NA 44-74692 “By Faith I Fly!” (Col. Dean Hess, commander of 51st Provisional Fighter Squadron, ROKAF, Seoul AB, Korea)
1952 - RF-51D-25-NT 44-84837 “Little Lynn” (45th Tac Recon Squadron, Kimpo AB, Korea)
1952 - F-51D-20-NA 44-72197 “FF-197” (192nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Keflavik AB, Iceland)
1953 - F-51D-25-NT 45-11489 "ANG-489" (Minnesota ANG, 109th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis)
1972 - P-51D-30-NA 44-74452 “N74190” (purchased surplus from Guatemalan AF, modified slightly for civilian operation, flown to and operated out of Texas)
2001 (To Present Day) - P-51D-30-NA 44-74543 "Geraldine" (stock-restored, privately hangared at Kenosha, Wisconsin)
2010 - P-51D-30-NA 44-74543 "Geraldine" (Reno racing modified (lighter and faster than stock model, coupled with visual modifications))
Also included is an authentic reproduction of the carrier U.S.S. Shangri-La, produced by Michael Davies, depicted as it was at the time of the carrier operations trials conducted with the Navy-modified P-51D 44-14017, in November 1944. The carrier is setup with an AI route that has the ship sail from the Norfolk docks up into Chesapeake Bay, where the original trials took place, and docking back at its berth again in the evening. Once into the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay, the ship sails a NW/SE route, back and forth throughout the day, allowing you a great many opportunities to practice carrier landings and takeoffs when heading into the prevailing winds out of the NW.
Included as well are saved flights that have each of the included aircraft positioned in all of the locations around the globe where they were originally stationed or are currently hangared, and some with flight plans. One such saved flight places the historic Navy-modified P-51D on the deck of the USS Shangri-La, while at sea, early in the morning of November 15, 1944, with the aircraft cold & dark, ready for the day's historic trials. Another set of flights, complete with flight plans, traces Geraldine's 2010 journey across the US from Kenosha Wisconsin to the air races at Reno, Nevada, with a stop-over first at Ione, California, where the actual race modifications are undertaken.
User Guide:
Here is a download page for the product user guide, as also included (please read carefully before first using the aircraft in FSX, otherwise your experience with the aircraft will be greatly diminished): https://www.wetransfer.com/download...51c2ce0825803cebb77f345020130313133405/82c619
Paintkit:
If you are interested in the product paintkit (just completed in-time!), please send your purchase details and specific request to Warbirdsim Support: support@warbirdsim.com
Additionally, please refer to these pages for more images and information about all of the variants and some of the details and features included:
All Variants: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.419153371508873.1073741825.411008492323361&type=3
P-51D to the F-51D: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76424-New-WBS-Mustangs and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.411386755618868.97187.411008492323361&type=3
Historic Navy P-51D: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.411036362320574.97123.411008492323361&type=3
FJ-1D Seahorse: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76242-Taking-the-Mustang-to-Sea
Guatemalan AF F-51D: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76196-Importing-an-Old-Crate-Across-the-Border
P-51D "Geraldine": http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?76177-Going-to-Reno and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.414170418673835.97517.411008492323361&type=3
