This model of the P-51D Israeli Mustang was published by Dave Winfield and comes in 1:33 scale. The original model carries No. 12 but I decided to change it to No. 15.
Background story
In the middle of the Jezreel Valley some cypress trees stand prominent in the surrounding wheat fields. Underneath these trees is a small memorial to the 101 squadron pilot Lt. Shalom Rakir. The story goes that one weekend in August 1951, young Lt. Rakir in his Mustang No. 15 took off to the altitude of 25,000 feet and entered a full power dive trying to find out the maximum speed the Mustang can reach before going out of the dive. He reported to his friends on the radio his progress but all of a sudden the plane crashed into the ground. The small memorial marks the crashing site.
Years afterwards, the Israeli writer Meir Shalev, who was born in the Jezreel Valley, mentioned this event in his book “Fontanelle”.
To end the sad story - the pilot was unaware of the fact that in high speeds, due to the compressibility effect, the rudder and the elevators of the Mustang become ineffective, and therefore he was not able to get out of his dive.
The story behind the accident and that of the young pilot himself made me to change the plane number from the original 12 to that of the crashed plane - 15.
Starting with the cockpit.
Enjoy
Theo
Background story
In the middle of the Jezreel Valley some cypress trees stand prominent in the surrounding wheat fields. Underneath these trees is a small memorial to the 101 squadron pilot Lt. Shalom Rakir. The story goes that one weekend in August 1951, young Lt. Rakir in his Mustang No. 15 took off to the altitude of 25,000 feet and entered a full power dive trying to find out the maximum speed the Mustang can reach before going out of the dive. He reported to his friends on the radio his progress but all of a sudden the plane crashed into the ground. The small memorial marks the crashing site.
Years afterwards, the Israeli writer Meir Shalev, who was born in the Jezreel Valley, mentioned this event in his book “Fontanelle”.
To end the sad story - the pilot was unaware of the fact that in high speeds, due to the compressibility effect, the rudder and the elevators of the Mustang become ineffective, and therefore he was not able to get out of his dive.
The story behind the accident and that of the young pilot himself made me to change the plane number from the original 12 to that of the crashed plane - 15.
Starting with the cockpit.
Enjoy
Theo
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