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| rdfs:comment | - The P-51 V-L-R "Scorpion" was a North American single-seat fighter airplane. It was a long-range variant of the popular P-51 fighter. The variant was produced due to the United States' concerns about the ability of unmodified P-51 fighters to escort bombers to Japan during World War II. The aircraft was never mass-produced as the capture of Iwo Jima eliminated the need for it. Little documentation exists. Modifications were:
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| abstract | - The P-51 V-L-R "Scorpion" was a North American single-seat fighter airplane. It was a long-range variant of the popular P-51 fighter. The variant was produced due to the United States' concerns about the ability of unmodified P-51 fighters to escort bombers to Japan during World War II. The aircraft was never mass-produced as the capture of Iwo Jima eliminated the need for it. Little documentation exists. Modifications were:
* Pressurized cockpit for high altitude flight
* Lengthened and strengthened wings to support 300 gallon drop tanks
* Wings sealed to "wet wing' configuration so that all internal space outside of guns and ammo housed fuel. Test flights of up to 16 hours were flown.
* 4 20mm cannons
* Ability to carry 2000 pound bombs in place of drop tanks
* 10 rockets on zero length rocket rails outboard of the drop tanks/bombs
* Auto-pilot
* Radar pod on the end of the right wing
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