By: SADSACK - 12th December 2002 at 16:04
RE: F82 Twin Mustang
What a shame though to see such a rare airframe kept outdoors. I assume it belongs to the USAF museum?
By: DOUGHNUT - 12th December 2002 at 08:54
RE: F82 Twin Mustang
Just a couple of shots of the P-82 at Lackland Air Base, taken in 1996. The collection of preserved aircraft at joint bases of Lackland and Kelly, numbers around fifty. Its a strange place not offically open to the public as a museum, but with several public roads running through the base. In 1996 a simply phone call to public affairs to say we were coming and base pass stamped ‘Photographer’ were all that was required in order to drive around the whole base. Wonderful place. I guess it is somewhat different today.
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By: PhantomII - 9th December 2002 at 16:06
RE: F82 Twin Mustang
On 27 June 1950, F-82G’s of the USAF scored the first victories of the Korean War by downing La-7’s and Yak-9’s of the KPAFC.
What did the F-82 do throughout the War? Was it a striker? You always here about the F-80, F-84, and F-51 being the primary strikers but you don’t hear much about the F-82. What happened to them?
As far as night fighters go you always hear about the F-94, F3D, and F7F. Well what about the F-82?
By: Yak 11 Fan - 9th December 2002 at 14:29
RE: F82 Twin Mustang
The F82 that was supposed to arrive at North Weald never made it out of America before it was sold initially to Wally Fisk’s Amjet Collection, then on to another collector in America. The aircraft is 46-256 and came from Walter Soplata’s unique collection. It was briefly on the UK register as G-BXEI, registered to Wizzard Investments between April 97 and May 98, and is now registered N142AM to James Harker of Wisconsin USA.
As for F82’s outside America I’m afraid there aren’t any, in fact there are only 5 survivors plus the remains of another recovered from Alaska. Of these 5 only 2 are on display one at Lackland AFB Texas and the other with the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson.
For completion of the other 2 survivors one incomplete airframe is still with Walter Soplata, and the other, the former CAF machine has gone to ground in America with a new rather secretive owner. We willl wait to see where this one surfaces again.
By: SADSACK - 9th December 2002 at 13:27
RE: F82 Twin Mustang
Thanks, I’m wondering where I could see one outside America. There was supposed to be one at North Weald.
By: GZYL - 9th December 2002 at 13:20
RE: F82 Twin Mustang
It was designed as a long range escort fighter. There were two cockpits, one with only the essential instruments, and another with full instrumentation. The idea was that the pilot could rest while the second crewman would take over the flying.
In Korea, the F-82 did some night fighting and had a radar pod under the wing centreline (SCR-72???).
Equipped with 6 50 cal guns in the centre section of the wing. I’ve seen pics of an F-82 with 2 1000lb bombs, 10 rockets and a pod (where the radar would be on the night fighter) carrying a further 8 50 cal guns!
That’s about the limit of my knowledge of this aircraft… off the top of my head! No doubt you’ll get the full picture later!
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