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North American F-82 Twin Mustang
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1945· north american p-51 mustang
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. North American F-82B USAF: U.S. Air Force· Public domain
- 2. 2d FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-414: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 3. 2d FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-415: U.S. Air Force· Public domain
- 4. 317th FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-415: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 5. 339th FAWS North American F-82G Twin Mustangs 46-366 46-390 46 403: USAF· Public domain
- 6. 449th FAWS North American F-82H Twin Mustang 46-377 -2: U.S. Air Force· Public domain
- 7. 449th FAWS North American F-82H Twin Mustang 46-415: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 8. 449th FAWS North American F-82H Twin Mustangs: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 9. 522d FES North American F-82E Twin Mustang 46-354: United States Air Force· Public domain
- 10. 68th FAWS North American F-82G Twin Mustang 46-371: USAF· Public domain
what is it?
The North American F-82 Twin Mustang was a long-range twin-fuselage escort fighter, designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. It shared limited commonality with the preceding North American P-51 Mustang. The F-82 was designed during World War II as an escort for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bombers flying long range missions against Imperial Japan; however, the conflict ended before development could be completed.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · 15.6 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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- Top speed is 5.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.3× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1945-06-15
- introduced
- 1946
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 272
- role
- north american p-51 mustang
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- North American Aviation
- engines
- 2× V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine
- crew
- 2
- length
- 12 m
- wingspan
- 15.6 m
- height
- 3.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.6 t
- top speed
- 742 km/h
- cruise speed
- 460 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 11,857 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q553002, Wikipedia: North American F-82 Twin Mustang (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.