P51 Pilots eye 360

[drgreg]

This is a pretty cool Pilot's eye view for a P51 Mustang.
St. Clair Photo-Imaging 360º Pans

 

[zak]

WOW! some of us can only dream

 

[maynard83]

That is sweet!

 

[DieselBob]

That's the only way I'll have that view. Neat post

 

[marchplumber]

KEWL!
God bless,
Tony

 

[cornrichard]

Thank You! I love the internet. I am sure that is as close to being inside a p-51 as I will ever get.

 

[jwaller]

very fin' cool.

 

[Atomic]

Fantastic view! I'll give you 10 bucks for P51 and a case of your favorite soda! A guy can dream can't he????

 

[wreckerman893]

Po folks collect MV's....rich folks collect war birds.

 

[OldGoat]

That is so cool.

 

[M813rc]

Wasn't expecting it to be a P-51B! (Birdcage canopy). Thanks for finding/posting that.

Cheers

 

[steelypip]

It's actually a P-51C You can read the North American dataplate if you zoom in on the right side of the cockpit. The other giveaway is that the engine dataplate addresses a Packard V-1650 (including 51" of manifold pressure at takeoff power) not an Allison V-1710. But yes, really cool to see that it was not the much commoner D and later model.

Yes, I know it's an old thread, but I just got around to looking at it...

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

What a GREAT online experience

Thanks

 

[rwbrown72]

I love it! Max of 500 Knots IAS in a dive! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
The planes I fly would have come apart several hundred knots ago!!!

 

[Flyingvan911]

I would love to have a P-51. It's a work of art.

 

[akguy]

Hey guys, is it just me or is there a vise-grip plier sitting just below the fire extinguisher i think?? Right side of cockpit.....down low by the voltmeter,radio area. Hope it is removed before any negative G's are pulled or it's going to get interesting.

 

[donttreadonmebmg]

wow that was so awesome.

 

[badgmc56]

Thanks for posting. My favorite WWII fighter. But I love them all.

 

[steelypip]

Yep, that is definitely a vicegrip handle. I'm guessing that it's a field expedient repair for something and is actually clamped on to something down there by the fire extinguisher and the emergency (manual) hydraulic pump.

I remember when this photography mode came out as part of Quicktime (Quicktime VR). All kinds of cool stuff was shot panoramically. The problem was that most people had dialup internet in those days and it took half an hour to load a pic. Still very cool, though, and especially good for things that benefit from 'you are here' photos like coal mines, architectural stuff, and, of course, cool vehicles.

Nice to see that it is finally becoming popular now that bandwidth is high enough to support it.

 

[exbrown]

Some more pictures from the same website.


B-24 Cockpit
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B-17 Memphis Bell
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F16 Cockpit
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