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One of the three songwriters for the tune (one of whom was Jewish), says that he "...can't remember what the inspiration was...".
In recent years there have been several P-51s that have been converted to TF-51 (dual control) aircraft. Two Reno Gold Race winning aircraft, the beautiful and famous P-51 racers Stiletto, and Sumthin' Else have been converted to plain Jane TF-51s. Very Sad!! 
Is that a modified Air Cobra?
The beautiful Reno Racer Sumthin' Else as it exists today, as the long canopy TF-51 Diamondback. Sumthin' Else was owned and piloted by the late great John Crocker. Brother Ahab, I didn't mean to hijack this thread. Thx.
You haven't hijacked anything, Tracer. This is just a conversation here and all contributions are appreciated.
They did! Your picture is actually a P-63 Kingcobra. It is basically the P-39 developed to it's full potential as quite good fighter. But by that time, the US wanted to limit the number of fighter types it was using, so the majority of P-63 production went to the Russkies, who used it to good effect. They also used the P-39 effectively long after the US had relegated it to second-line use.
Took a trip to the Hawthorne Munitions Museum and took some pictures of the museums two QH-50C drones. The drones entered service in the early 1960s and were used by the USN for anti-submarine warfare. One of the drones is armed with torpedo's, and the other is armed with rockets. The drone control station is the size of a small car, a far cry from the hand held controls of todays drones. The info board on the first picture gives the details of this little known aircraft.
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Couldn't agree with you more.Nice video to watch.
I just wish the folks who make videos didn't think we need rousing music to go along with it, I'd rather hear the aeroplane! Same thing at airshows.
