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Old 4th September 2005, 22:41
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Which difference between P51D -NA and -NT subseries?

Well, it's all in the thread title .
I made a search through my books and in the net, but was anable to discover anything.
Were there standard features which made differences between the -NA and the -NT subseries, no matter which subseries was (-5, -10, -20 and so on...)?
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Old 5th September 2005, 16:04
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Re: Which difference between P51D -NA and -NT subseries?

Gianluca

The explanation is not very rewarding. NA/NT refers simply to the factory where the a/c was built. NA indicates Inglewood, California and NT indicates Dallas, Texas.

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Old 5th September 2005, 16:22
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Re: Which difference between P51D -NA and -NT subseries?

There was a canopy variation known as the Dallas hood, which was a little taller at the rear. Clearly this was believed to be linked to the Dallas line.

I gather that actually there were more than one variation, but I do not know what they were.
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Old 6th September 2005, 09:20
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Re: Which difference between P51D -NA and -NT subseries?

Thanks both for your answers
I thought the D model was from Inglewood Ca. and the K from Dallas Tx, the same as B/C models.
Maybe the K is another way to indicate the D -NT?
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Old 6th September 2005, 10:54
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Re: Which difference between P51D -NA and -NT subseries?

No, the K model was a D with the Aeroproducts propeller, adapted when supplies of the standard ran short. I believe that all the Ks came from Dallas, but very many Ds did too.

The Aeroproducts propeller can generally be distinguished by having no root cuffs. However, this is also true of very late production Ds with the other propeller. I don't think any of these went to Europe, but I believe they were seen in the Pacific and were normal postwar.
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Old 6th September 2005, 11:37
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Re: Which difference between P51D -NA and -NT subseries?

Ok.
Thanks Graham
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