[ARC5] R-25/ARC-5 Stabilized Receiver

[J Forster]

Would that version of aircraft have carried an HF ARC-5 system? I'm more
familiar with what B-17s and B-24s carried.

-John




Gordon White wrote:

> My wife, whose late husband not only shot down seven German planes in
> 1944 while flying Mustangs, but was later general manager of Cavalier
> Aircraft, in Sarasota, which re-manufactured P-51s, tells me, and
> "Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" confirms, (p. 703) that the P-51-D
> was rated at 437 mph with a service ceiling of 41,900 feet. The
> original, Allison-powered P-51- -A and -B had a ceiling of about
> 33,000 feet but the Merlin version was good to better than 40,000.
>
> - Gordon White