Originally posted by Lusk Racing
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Only 275 were built.
The CAF museum in Midland had a Twin Mustang in the hangar for a long time and I was lucky enough to see it in person, but they were ordered by a judge to return it to the USAF museum in '09, even though they legally obtained it from the Air Force back in the '60s.
It was damaged in the '80s and it has been in various stages of storage and restoration since then. If they somehow made it airworthy again it would have been the ONLY flying P-82 in the world.
But now the USAF has two on permanent static display which kills the possibility, remote as it was, that we will ever see one fly again. (there are a couple other airframes out there, but no idea what condition)
P-82, F-82 Twin Mustang - The "two P-51s flying in very close formation" as a long-range escort fighter was really a separate new design, not just a mating of P-51s, as commonly assumed. It was also the last prop-driven fighter to be ordered into production by USAF.
twin-fuselage; two 1600hp Allison V-1710; span: 51'3" length: 42'5" load: 9594# v: 461/285-300/x range: 2240 ceiling: 38,900' (data for F-82G).
An F-82G was credited with downing the first enemy aircraft in the Korean War (p: Lt William Hudson), on 6/27/50 .
Redesignated F-82 in June 1948.
twin-fuselage; two 1600hp Allison V-1710; span: 51'3" length: 42'5" load: 9594# v: 461/285-300/x range: 2240 ceiling: 38,900' (data for F-82G).
An F-82G was credited with downing the first enemy aircraft in the Korean War (p: Lt William Hudson), on 6/27/50 .
Redesignated F-82 in June 1948.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/325ightergroup-f-94-f-82-1950.jpg)
![](http://www.strategic-air-command.com/aircraft/fighter/images/f-82_twin_mustang.jpg)
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