Mustang P51 Combat Flaps
The Mustang had combat flaps the could be used at any speed. Flew them in the Korean War with 77 Sqdn RAAF and never had a need to use the flaps in combat except when executing a hard break to avoid attacks by USAF F80s.
Not too many of us left who flew Mustangs in combat.
Does anyone know if those combat flaps were actually used in combat and to what advantage?
Perhaps the rarety of use made them to be unnecessary and only added extra weight and complexity to the Mustangs.
In any case they were a good idea by the aircraft designer or a smart inclusion in the specifications.
I recall that the Harrier could achieve a rapid change in manoeuver using vectored thrust. Is this called Swishing?