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[Gianky]

Have at it!

[Radoye]

M.F.11?

[SAS~Storebror]

A secret twin engine plane.
Tries to fool the enemy into being a single engined one, but look at the alien tech prop right between the crew seats

[Gianky]

M.F.11?

Give this man a cigar!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinens_Flyvebaatfabrikk_M.F.11

Your turn!

[Radoye]

OK what's this?

[vpmedia]

Hungarian Weiss Manfréd W.M.10 Ölyv.

[SAS~Storebror]

That's been a home match for VP

[sniperton]

Yep, and VP should now ask about designation of the glider in the background.... 

[Radoye]

Hungarian Weiss Manfréd W.M.10 Ölyv.

Correct, of course!

[Gianky]

Ok, since 24 hours have passed and this is now an open round, I'm going to ask you a question whose answer I don't know!

Here's a picture of an Italian P-51 in the IAF museum at Vigna di Valle:



A friend of mine is making a model of this very airplane and asked me today if I knew what that football shaped thing behind the pilot's seat is, and if I had any another pictures, possibly details, of it.

I'm thinking it's some kind of antenna, but, honestly, I've never seen it in any other Mustang and, despite Doctor Google, can't find any other picture or details of it.

Can any of you fine airplane connoisseurs provide the answer and the pictures I'm looking for?

The aircraft is a P-51 used by IAF post WWII, from 1948 to 1953, should be a D model, unknown batch.

EDIT: if you wanna see other (better) pictures, here's the Museum's page:

http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/storia/museostorico/Pagine/NorthAmericanP51.aspx

[Duggy]

Its an unusual installation of DFF antenna.
And its P-51D  44-73451.
Regards Duggy

[SAS~Storebror]

Its an unusual installation of DFF antenna.

I guess that's quoted from here and lacks a little additional explanation: http://www.swissmustangs.ch/mm4323-vigna-di-valle
It sure looks like an antenna, but "DFF"?
Dorsal Fin Fillet antenna? That one's exactly where it's supposed to be.
So what exactly should "DFF" be? A swiss name for IFF?
Or is this rather a replacement for the panel antennas of the AN/APS-13 tail warning radar?
In that case: Poor pilot. Regardless how much the beam is focused to the tail section, his brain gets cooked from constand microwave radiation.

Best regards - Mike