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That's the underside of the P-51 Mustang hanging in the 8th Air Force Museum at Royal Duxford Aerodrome in the UK.  I had always wanted to see the Duxford show, so we made plans and arrangements and went over there.
My interest in the bottom of the Mustang comes from conversations with Parker Miller and Pat Stanley, who pointed out that it seemed to them the scoops provided in some of the early kits protrude too far.  They had studied several scale drawings and recognized the relationship between the angle of the windshield frame extended down through the fuselage, which lines up with the leading edge of the scoop.  We are looking carefully at scoop dimensions.  The scoop on Doll is pretty close, but is a little longer than absolute scale, but it works well.

Dinner with Kevin.

For the Duxford show, we headquartered in Cambridge, close enough to Kevin Armstrong's town to allow him to drive down and join Beth and me for dinner.  Kevin showed up in his 2 door Bentley.  Nice wheels.

Kevin is still looking for another S-51, and will be back in the U.S. this October.



Norway:  Ole Ringstad
Ole Ringstad and his fiance' Cecelie had joined us in England for Duxford, after which Beth and I traveled to Norway to see Ole and his S-51 set-up.  Above, Ole shows us his 12 cylinder BMW based powerplant project.  He has done a lot of research and is well along with sumps and manifolds and accessories.  If he can successfully develope this engine, there might be V-12 powered S-51's in the future.
 
 
The 12 cylinder BMW and wing in Ole's shop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuselage, wings in shop.


Below, a few shots of Ole's business, overhauling transmissions.  If you've ever seen a transmission service / overhaul facility this clean and well organized, you've seen an amazing place.





Kerrville, Texas:  Mooney, International