The Midget Mustang is a single-seat aerobatic sports airplane developed for home building.Also known as the Long Midget, the Midget Mustang is perhaps the most admired and enduring home built design ever. Even though it was designed over 50 years ago it is still much in demand because of its good looks, good handling characteristics, and fighter like performance.
History: In 1948 Dave Long, chief engineer with Piper Aircraft at the time, designed and built an all metal racer which he called the Midget Mustang. The public debut of the aircraft was at the 1948 Cleveland National Air Races. The closed course midget racers had a minimum weight of 500 lbs., minimum wing area of 66 sq. ft., fixed gear, at least a 6G structure, and the power plants were limited to stock 190 cubic inch engines.
In the shadow of its big brother, the P51 Mustang
The Midget Mustang and the P51 share
the same wing and tail feathers, scaled down
The Midget Mustang ZK-DDC
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Photos provided by Red 1 Midget Mustang and Mustanaero.com
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