How high can a P-51 Mustang go?

[+Fubar512]

Would you believe sustained flight at 42,000 ft asl?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgp5qel1VUk

[Toryu]

Why not?

The airplane is most-certainly a couple of hundred pounds lighter than war-examples (no armament or armor, more modern radios, etc.).

 

Why would the controls freeze? Probably has more to do with him being stiff as a corpse, rather than grease-issues with control-linkages.

Mach-numbers should not be much of a problem.

 

 

Ta 152Hs have been at up to 50000ft. I think HF Spitfires have done so as well. Some american WW2 fighters probably have done the same.

No biggie really.

Edited October 5, 2016 by Toryu

[shotdown]

I think P-47 Thunderbolt could fly at 13000 m (roughly 43000 ft)