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Old 24th Jul 2020, 10:50
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Originally Posted by VintageEngineer
interestingly, no other aircraft copied the P51’s design, although that is probably more due to the impending jet age and the widespread use of air-cooled engines in the last piston-engined fighters than any “ if it’s so good why did no-one copy it” argument.
From photographs, the radiator installation on the Martin-Baker MB 5 looks like that on the P51. Not that the MB 5 ever entered production, but I'd be interested to know if the resemblance is superficial, or a sincere piece of flattery.
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