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Cavalier Mustang. The Cavalier Mustang was a post- World War II civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft. Although originally intended as a high speed personal aircraft, the Cavalier was also exported for use as a fighter and close air support aircraft to third-world air forces.
- 1958
- Cavalier Aircraft Corp.
Indonesia Indonesian Air Force P-51D Mustang at Dirgantara Mandala Museum, Yogyakarta On display P-51D. 44-84801 / F-338 – Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, East Jakarta, Jakarta. P-51K. 44-12752 / F-303 – The Indonesian Air Force HQ, East Jakarta, Jakarta. Cavalier Mustang II
North American F-82 Twin Mustang. Piper PA-48 Enforcer. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA ...
- 26 October 1940
- North American Aviation
- More than 15,000
One of the P-51s main attributes was its great range. The first P-51 conversion, named Cavalier, was in 1958. Orders trickled in for the first few years. The models offered were all relative to the range of the aircraft. The model numbers (all prefixed by "Cavalier") were 750, 1200, 1500, 2000 and 2500.
Jan 19, 2021 · Less known is the fact that the Mustang’s development did not stall after the war. In a remarkable mini-war, aka the Soccer War between Honduras and El Salvador, the last all-prop fighter battles were fought in 1969, with F-4U Corsairs engaged in dog fights with P-51D Mustangs. Post-war Cavalier-built Mustangs were bought in the US Airshow ...
Five Mustang IIs and one TF-51D were built for Indonesia in 1972, but they did not have tip tanks due to a U.S. State Department restriction on their combat radius. Cavalier Turbo Mustang III/Enforcer. In 1968, Cavalier mated a Rolls-Royce Dart 510 turboprop to a Mustang II airframe.
The Cavalier Mustang was a post-World War II civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft. Although originally intended as a high speed personal aircraft, the Cavalier was also exported for use as a fighter and close air support aircraft to third world air forces. In 1957, newspaper publisher David Lindsay (1925–2009) formed Trans Florida Aviation Inc. His intention ...
