Talk:The Galloping Ghost (aircraft)

List of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs
List of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs should be modified so this plane can be permanently on the list. otherwise, over time, the list will be reduced to zero listings. once notable, always notable.(mercurywoodrose)75.61.134.173 (talk) 04:39, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * What? 'Notable' and 'surviving' are two entirely different concepts. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:50, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are right, notable as in deserving their own separate article, is different than merely surviving. This plane DID survive for 60 years, and even if it had just fallen off a truck, it deserves a place in the list, with the list being retitled so that planes surviving into, say, the 70's (making them vintage aircraft) are listed. mercurywoodrose75.61.134.173 (talk) 10:31, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No, the plane's gone and destroyed. The survivor list is for aircraft that presently still exist. I think this one's pretty much classified as "no longer existing". 98.125.69.176 (talk) 19:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

More infomation of the modifications
I found an article that says some of the details of the modifications of The Galloping Ghost. However, I am not completely sure if it should be added. Source: http://www.sportaviationonline.org/sportaviation/201105#pg41 204.106.252.64 (talk) 04:56, 17 September 2011 (UTC) WPPilot 15:46, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I think this is relevant as those modifications will become the topics of close review for all of those involved.
 * What is intresting are the photos that show no pilots helmet, in the cockpit, moments before impact. The Youtube Video has the pilot explaining that the pilots helmet is pushed hard upon the canopy, and other photos and video show just that, yet it looks like moments before impact the pilot might have blacked out. WPPilot 16:08, 17 September 2011 (UTC) (talk)
 * I did not know anything abouut the helmet, minus the face that the canopy needed to be modified to allow him to have space to wear one. In any case, thank you for finding a way to add the reference to the article.  204.106.252.64 (talk) 19:38, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * This is a graph, that I just pulled from the Dago Red page, on Wikipedia, and it needs mod to insert into this page. remember the data below is from dago red, PLEASE HELP CONVERT THE DATA TO REFLECT THE SPECS, for this aircraft, here, on the talk page and then lets insert it onto the main page herein on this story. That should keep the people that want this all included in the same story at bay.WPPilot 20:12, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Specifications (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dago_Red)
if anyone would care to assist much of the data for the Galloping Ghost is already in the media..WPPilot 20:10, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Some of the information here might help, such as the speed of the aircraft. Link: http://www2.leewardairranch.com/racing/results?op0=%3D&filter0=&op1=OR&op2=OR&op3=OR&filter3%5B%5D=**ALL**&op4=OR 204.106.252.64 (talk) 21:26, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Found some more info while looking up something else. 204.106.252.64 (talk) 05:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Year of manufacture
Does the prefix to the serial number (i.e. "44") not indicate that the aircraft was manufactured in 1944, not 1946 as is reported in the article? 68.144.172.8 (talk) 05:15, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I can find anything that can be sited at the moment, but I do believe that you are correct. Until someone can prove that it could not be built in 1946, I don't think it should be changed.  204.106.252.64 (talk) 05:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

P-51 C ? Engine- Packard V-1650-7 liquid-cooled supercharged V-12
The aircraft appears to be a ' highly race modified' P-51 C with the 'Razor back canopy' of the C being replaced by a modern flip up canopy, rather than the model with Bubble top canopy of the D models. The engine is listed as being a  Packard V-1650-7 liquid-cooled supercharged V-12, the US version of the Merlin engine. I guess the air scoop had been removed to improve stream lining? Atmamatma (talk) 08:41, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * According to Leeward's website, they completely removed the radiators and the belly cowling. Instead, they have a tank filled with a water/alcohol mixture and a heat exchanger for both the engine coolant and oil, and the water slowly evaporates off as the airplane is running.  You can see the steam being jettisoned from the plane in certain aerial shots of it.   Wolf tengu  ( talk ) 16:41, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * There is proof that it was a P-51D under the merger section on the Reno Air Races disaster talk page and in this article. 204.106.252.64 (talk) 00:35, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Video appearance/s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cibf4FY6-PU&feature=related (one of the Mustangs) Atmamatma (talk) 09:20, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

History
I've written the aircraft's racing history, as it was a very historic racing aircraft, with a racing history going back to the Thompson Trophy Races. It you want more references, I have tons, but I am away from home and they will have to wait until I get back. Aeroweanie (talk)

What is WAA?
At the present time, there is a sentence that begins 'Beville was able to secure the aircraft from the WAA despite a deadline that had already passed..' without any prior reference of what those initials stand for. There is a disambiguation page for WAA, but none seem to fit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAA Grandma Roses (talk) 21:55, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe that it means Wartime Aircraft Activity, though I do not have total proof on that at the moment despite the name pointing towards it being likely considering that occured near the end of World War II. 204.106.252.64 (talk) 00:30, 19 September 2011 (UTC)


 * "WAA" stands for War Assets Administration - the bureau that was created after WWII to dispose of surplus war equipment and material; you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Assets_Administration.


 * Huh, I looked up the acronym with a search engine and I still was wrong. Though, I never came across it online until you mentioned it.  204.106.252.126 (talk) 02:17, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Spectre or Specter?
I was trying to improve the spelling and grammar of the article, when I came across an issue. In 1983, Jimmy Leeward bought the aircraft and either named it Spectre or Specter. A internet search gives both versions as the correct spelling in several places. 204.106.252.126 (talk) 02:52, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Interesting - it was Specter! http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/picfiles/44-15651/44-15651_15_es1.jpg Aeroweanie (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Damaged "hulk" or "hull"?
I'm wondering if the term "damaged hulk" in the reference and carried forward to this article is a typo. I'm a pilot and multiple aircraft owner and I've never heard the term "hulk" but "hull" is a common term. --RobertGary1 (talk) 22:24, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Possible copyright problem
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