Art
Yes, I suppose it was more important a general condition of the aircraft. A friendly pilot once did a test flight of a personal Mustang III (P-51B/C) of a senior officer and described it to be a completelly different aircraft, perfect in every inch, without any clearances(?) and going by a finger. Certainly more important than a convergence point.
The latter indeed seems of little importance as it was found that in general pilots had a lot of problems estimating the distance - a number of claims were rejected because of target being too far of effective range. Have you experienced the problem in your group?
Your comments favouring P-51D over P-51B/C sounds interesting, as I have heard exactly opposite ones, but perhaps referring to improved P-51C with a Malcolm Hood blown canopy. The flat top version was indeed disliked due to cramped cockpit and poor visibility. I am honestly curious of your reasoning, as well as perhaps any comments to any aircraft you flew.
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Tony
This is just ridiculous. Please prove otherwise based eg. on Pe-2 pilot's notes.