3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. P-51D 5NA Cavalier: Kogo· GFDL 1.2
- 2. PA-48 Enforcer: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 3. Cavalier Mustang: Bzuk at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The Cavalier Mustang was a post-World War II civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft. Although originally intended as a high speed personal aircraft, the Cavalier was also exported for use as a fighter and close air support aircraft to third-world air forces.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.6 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Top speed is 5.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 3,218 km: 18× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.3× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1958
- retired
- 1984
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- role
- business aircraft, counter-insurgency aircraft
- makers
- Cavalier Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Rolls-Royce Merlin 724
- length
- 10.4 m
- wingspan
- 12.6 m
- height
- 4 m
- max take-off weight
- 6,350 kg
- top speed
- 708 km/h
- range
- 3,218 km
- ceiling
- 11,465 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5054772, Wikipedia: Cavalier Mustang (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.