Today at 5:30PM Mountain Day Light Time Steve Hinton flew a highly modified P51 Mustang to a New World Speed Record of 531.53 MPH thereby achieving the goal of becoming the Fastest Piston Engine Propeller driven Airplane in the World. The fastest lap reached a Speed of 554.69 MPH. The Airplane is owned by Bob Button and was sponsored by Joe Clark and Aviation Partners Inc of Seattle. The Aerodynamics for the Wing modification were designed by Aviation Partners Inc, The Winglet Guys. The record was achieved at Clarks Ranch in a remote part of Central Idaho.
Wow, hard to believe a piston-powered airplane going THAT fast but there it is right in front of you. Shoot, that's faster than many commercial airliners cruise speed!
Wow, hard to believe a piston-powered airplane going THAT fast but there it is right in front of you. Shoot, that's faster than many commercial airliners cruise speed!
The P51 was mostly powered by a legendary Rolls v12, 27L supercharged engine (composed of 14,000 parts) that was producing 2000hp by the end of WWII
Anything powered by that glorious engine would be fairly fast
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