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Aeromotive Pr0ns - Piper J-3 Cub

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Manufactured from 1937 to 1947, lives as one of the most popular light aircraft ever made. Lovable little thing she was, no taller than 6'8" and only able to seat 2 people. Light enough to be fine with being powered by a 48 horsepower engine. Over 19,000 total were built at affordable prices ranging from under 1000 to under 2500 when new over the 10-year production span. Kits are available to this day, but the originals in working condition still can fetch about 30-40k which is quite affordable when one considers recreational aircraft. No further lining necessary this time out, let's just make with the images. (holy shit, is that one made of LEGO bricks?!!?) Noteworthy is that most you will see will be yellow in color, as that is the color they're most famous in, right up to that lightning bold stripe on them... I'm done now, the link to the gallery is here .

Aeromotive Pr0ns - North American Aviation P-51 Mustang

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Maiden Voyage - 1940 Introduction - 1942 The "P" stands for "pursuit," and we all know that Mustangs are supposedly pretty fleet-footed horses. Hell, Ford would even name their flagship car after this plane 20 years later. The P-51D was outfitted with a supercharged V-1650 engine and 3 pair of Browning .50 in machine guns. Yes, by the time one of these guys was on you, you were pretty much FUCKED! Top speed of 437MPH, cruising speed of 362 and stall speed (meaning when the wings are ineffective at keeping it in the air) of 100, they went into service, as named above in 1942, gained stronghold and dominance on the competition in 1944, and remained in SERVICE (as in people USED them!) until 1984. For a 1930s-designed plane to still be used THAT long says big things for it's utility and effectiveness. Sometimes nowadays you can catch them on The Speed Channel -- or on ESPN at 3am -- dolled up in Red Bull logos weaving in and out of 20-foot cones in the water in rac