Feb 202012
The North American Aviation P-82 was one of the stranger designs produced by the US in the years just after WWII. Originally designed as a straightforward welding of two P-51 Mustangs together to create a new long range fighter, the design as actually built shared almost no parts with the P-51. Below are a drawing and photo of a wind tunnel model of the XP-82 as tested by the NACA.
