Bladecutter
"Pursuit of Shape"
Can't get off this thing today. The current record holder in Gold unlimited is VooDoo, highly modified F-51....472 mph
Now in 1934 the Macchi Mc.72 Schneider Cup Amphib...set a low altitude record...440MPH!! in 34 w/o windtunnels, CAD and all the other horseshat....32mph difference....i find that fairly stunningNOW! in 1970, Clay Lacy entered into the California Unlimited air race, a 15 mile course with 15 pylons to negotiate, low altitude, with a Douglas DC-7 airliner! Dubbed Super Snoopy. pitted in a field of unlimited warbird racers, the Snoop finished 6th!!! Reported to have been the lowest of any in field, turned tighter than the A-26, the right seat's full time job was spotting right wing tip off pylons. The AVERAGE speed of Snoop was 325 mph...the Winning Hawker Sea Fury avg'd 344. They prepared a 1049 Constellation to run with the next year to add to the show. but sanctioning commitee pulled a Bill France and banned the airliners from running again....what could have beenthe DC-7 consumed 4100 gals of av-gas & 80 gals SAE 70 Pennzoil....so it is possible to wrestle big blocks around corners!
See what i mean abou P-51's looking better on ground with inner gear doors open?
See what i mean abou P-51's looking better on ground with inner gear doors open?