On Friday, December 12, 2014 10:24:06 PM UTC-5, Someone Else wrote:

We have at least one P51 at our local airport. My friend is a pilot and
flew it down to Salinas Airport for an oil cooler repair. Said was a fun
plane to fly, but used a lot more fuel than his 182. In the 70's there was
a lady who had one at Concord, CA Airport. She said 450 gallons an hour at
full throttle, but did not take long to get places. 20 minutes to Reno.
3.5 hour drive, 20 minute flight.
450 Gallons/Hour seems impossible for anything short of of a freight
train engine!

Anyone (like krause) who believes that a 12 cylinder Merlin uses 450 gallons per hour is a total ****ing idiot.