The Bonsall DB-1 Mustang is a single place, semi-scale
P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James ...
replica
homebuilt aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.Armstrong, Kenn ...
.
Design and development
The Bonsall DB-1 Mustang was constructed over a 16-year span in England by designer Dave Bonsall. The completed aircraft was equipped with a
Lycoming O-360
The Lycoming O-360 is a family of four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engines. Engines in the O-360 series produce between 145 and 225 horsepower (109 to 168 kW), with the basic O-360 produc ...
engine obtained from a
Socata TB-10 Tobago. It is a single-seat, low-wing aircraft featuring retractable
conventional landing gear.
Specifications (DB-1 Mustang)
See also
References
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Image of the DB-1
{{North American P-51 Mustang family
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft manufactured in the United Kingdom
Replicas of North American P-51 Mustangs
Aircraft first flown in 1991