Gentlemen;
A 'Hollywood celeb' the other day stated he flew his P-51 Mustang at 40,000 feet.
Ah; @ 20,000 feet there's barely enough oxygen to breath (humans), right.
So; Assuming he had breathing equipment installed for this, would the engine still run that high

(at that altitude)????
BTW: The Merlin & Rolls Royce engines are considered inlines.
John M.....