P-51 Crash Lands....10km from my house.

[II./JG1_Krupinski]

Somehow I just don't think this is a real P-51. I think it's a replica. The use of the term "A LIGHT", just doesn't fit a real mustang. Take that with the fact that many ultralight aircraft have been developed to look like a mustang makes me wonder.

[Ala13_Kokakolo]

Nice plane anyway

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by II./JG1_Krupinski

Somehow I just don't think this is a real P-51. I think it's a replica. The use of the term "A LIGHT", just doesn't fit a real mustang. Take that with the fact that many ultralight aircraft have been developed to look like a mustang makes me wonder.

I'm more inclined to think that the news crews just don't know what they're talking about, it's the same over here. Besides few people have an eye for machinery (a car's a car and a plane is a plane etc.) or any sense of history.

[ElAurens]

Couldn't be any more real.

[Codex]

Oh it's real alright. It was actually built under licence in Australia and was designated the CA-17 and CA-18.

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51...ts/CA-17.shtml

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by BadAim

I'm more inclined to think that the news crews just don't know what they're talking about, it's the same over here. Besides few people have an eye for machinery (a car's a car and a plane is a plane etc.) or any sense of history.

Here is a partial scale 51.
http://www.titanaircraft.com/aircraft.php?aircraft_id=1

Note the canopy and nose area differences to a full size P-51.