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When I was young I took a few flying lessons. Never got the license cause the hourly for planes back then was outside my income. Later in the Air Force I became an aircraft mechanic on F-4 Phantoms. Had a run-up license and liked it when we had to take one of them to the trim-pad after an engine change. Part of the post-engine change checklist was putting it in afterburner. Only thing that kept the bird from taking off was that the tail-hook was dropped and chained to the pad. Man... I always felt such a rush when the whole bird seemed to be trembling to take off. Made me wish that I could have been a pilot.
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We did ground runs in a very similar fashion with Harriers, it felt like it was about to rip the chains out of the ground. Usually maintainers did this, but occasionally I'd do it if no-one was available (never liked taking the fun away from someone). On the boat was the craziest when we'd do it perpendicular to the tram; at least going forward you felt like you might have a chance to stop if it broke free. After doing one perpendicular, I really pushed to get the maintainers gear and ejections seat training, but I don't think it ever happened.
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If the Mustang was named after the P51, it would have plane badges, not horses 
The name Mustang, linked to the P51 was an initial name put forward to management, but they didn't like the association with the plane. It was later resubmitted linking the name Mustang to the horse and this association (a wild and free animal) was deemed more appropriate.
The name Mustang, linked to the P51 was an initial name put forward to management, but they didn't like the association with the plane. It was later resubmitted linking the name Mustang to the horse and this association (a wild and free animal) was deemed more appropriate.
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Yeaaaah, I think you're confusing 2021 with the early 1960s. There wasn't any concern over anything being "appropriate" or not, at that time. It had nothing to do wit them not liking the association with the plane.If the Mustang was named after the P51, it would have plane badges, not horses
The name Mustang, linked to the P51 was an initial name put forward to management, but they didn't like the association with the plane. It was later resubmitted linking the name Mustang to the horse and this association (a wild and free animal) was deemed more appropriate.
The initial inspiration was the P51, and for good reasons at the time.
It's association was switched to that with an animal (Cougar was another possible name), due to the difficulty of making plane emblems that made marketing sense. A galloping horse was just easier to make into an emblem for marketing purposes. And it would also be timeless, where the Mustang plane was sure to fade into obscurity over time.
In other words, the Mustang is named after the horse not the plane 
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It's a tribute to the P-51 Mustang aircraft
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