JOKE OF THE MONTH

TO TELL ME MY ZIPPER WAS OPEN, THIS GIRL SAID TO ME, “YOUR GARAGE IS OPEN".. I ASKED,

YOU SEE MY FORD MUSTANG GT SUPER SPORT?"

She said “No, but I did see your mini cooper with two flat tires” titled The Mustangs. So which version of the story is true? Well that is up to debate, after all, the car was originally developed to be called the Cougar, complete with a logo. However, it is commonly believed to be a combination of these theories.

Well, I prefer to think that the Mustang traces its lineage back to the P-51 Mustang. Why? because it is one badass plane. First the goodies... there are three different variants of the P-51 Mustang which was used in World War II. The First one which was the P-51A, was powered by an Allison V-1710-81 1200 hp, 12-cylinder V engine. The second was the P-51B, which was powered by a Packard Merlin V-1650-3/7 1380/1420 hp, two staged supercharged, 12-cylinder V engine. The third was the P-51D, which was powered by the Packard Merlin V-1650-7 1695 hp, two staged supercharged, 12-cylinder V engine. Holy hell that’s a lot of power! The fastest Mustang was the P-51B which had a max speed of 440 mph and had the highest max ceiling of 42,000 ft. The P-51A and P-51B had four .50 Caliber machine guns and the P-51D had six .50 caliber machine guns.

This was a game changer in the European front. Initially, when the B-17 bombers went on raids, they were accompanied by the P-47, P-38, and Spitfire fighters, however due to the range of these fighters they could only escort the bombers so far until they had to turn back leaving the bombers to fend on their own. In fact, Luftwaffe fighters would often wait until the bombers were left alone to attack them. Well, the P-51 Mustang changed that and with the addition of drop-tanks to increase their range, suddenly the bombers had support which could escort them deep into Berlin and back. The P-51 Mustang in WWII destroyed an estimated 4,950 enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat and destroyed 4,131 aircraft on the ground, making them the highest scoring US fighter in the Europe Theater of Operations. In addition, two P-51 pilots received the Medal of Honor during World War II.