[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by BadAim

I'm more inclined to think that the news crews just don't know what they're talking about, it's the same over here. Besides few people have an eye for machinery (a car's a car and a plane is a plane etc.) or any sense of history.

Here is a partial scale 51.
http://www.titanaircraft.com/aircraft.php?aircraft_id=1

Note the canopy and nose area differences to a full size P-51.