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That's about as close you're gonna get to a Martin Baker Mb5

i was there. Mike Brown's F7F was amazing to see. Long live Big Boss Man

niceee!!!🛩🛩

1:43 😍

We were there, it was great.

love the sound of the original Merlin Engine SOOO much more than these supercharged racing engines.

That sound never gets old

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04:47 looks like a YAK Russian design but I have no idea the model number.

this` the worlds ultrs elite - they effin`know what eir doin.

NASCAR has nothing on this

British designed engine!!

The pits is a bi- wing acrobat. The mustang holds the record for being the fastest piston powered aircraft ever, so there is really no comparing the two.

Common misconception but not true. The P-38 due to it's boom tail suffered from something known as compressibility. The P-38 was the first plane to experience this and pilots thought they were coming close, or breaking the sound barrier.

With unlimiteds,.......it's not about the video so much,.....it's more about the audio. A man needs the hear the screaming of a hypo internal combustion engine !

Hey, I have a little question, what do you think will win a air race, a Pitts S1S biplane, or a P-51 Mustang? Both good planes.

i was there on friday and saturday. I saw you guys doing warm up laps and as far as mustangs go yours is the absolute best. looking and sounding. nothing beats a good griffin and a contra prop.

Ripslinger from the new movie "Planes" is based on this engineering piece of art. Can you blame the producers for choosing this plane to be in the movie?

These planes are possibly the fastest piston engine plane ive seen yet. V12 engine crankin out 1,500 horsepower, a maximum altitude of 41,000ft, and has a max speed of 440mph and on a nose dive this bird will even hit speeds up to 500mph. the P 51s are no joke

Cant wait for this years races. I get v.i.p. Passes and free box seats. Ill be posting some videos of it on my channel.

crazy!

I have, and it is a really tragic tale of dreams unrealized. I only hope that and future financial success I have can allow me to fund such a dream again.

I LOVE MUSTANG p-51

There are now two P-40s and one Fw 190 competing, usually in the Medallion or Bronze races. The P-40s are "Parrothead" and "Sneak Attack", and the Fw 190 is "What Da FockWulfe".

Pond Racer

the galloping ghost didn't had a standard (though modified) merlin and hamilton standard prop.

You are doing a great job.

There are so few P47s, and P40s that it would be a shame to burn the birds out at an event like reno.

Does anyone know the last person or persons who competed with a plane that was not a WWII or Korean War vintage design?

@yakovlev3a seeing a P-47 would be nice

long live p-51 and reno air races (and racers)

This aircraft shared hangar space with my fathers airplane at Lakeland Linder airport.

I'm so sorry for your loss. He was a great pilot.

@shortribs11 That was my father, Gary Levitz. The entire tail section of aircraft disintegrated as he rounded a pylon.

@dragonfire1804 I agree couldn't have said it better myself...All this B.S. lawsuits ect, spectator or pilot, we wouldn't be there at these awesome! events if we didn't have it in our "blood" and we all know the risks but the rush from it is beyond words...some get tears, or shivers and I personaly wouldn't trade it for the world! and anyone who sues or complains has no business in the aviation theater

@NevadaWrangler I wouldnt really say that bro, every plane had their advantages ..... With out a doubt the germans always put better guns in their planes. Being that the bf-109 had a 20mm cannon in the prop nose standard along with upgradable wing machine guns and 20/30mm cannons... where US planes are stuck with only 50.cal machine guns on the wings. The Germans also always have the top scoring aces in every war. you should Take a look at some of them.

@Buemmo thanks bro!

Hell Yeaaaaaahhh!!

I was in Reno for the races when a P-51 flown by Mr. Levits came apart and killed him. I never found out what happened, would you know? It too had a Griffon with counter rotating props.

@sultros All they really can do is enforce more strict aircraft inspections. They'll probably want crews and officials to go over aircraft with a fine toothed comb even more so. There's not much you can do. I anticipate them announcing new regulations to placate the masses. Maybe move the box seats away from the final turn.

@purple748 that's cool. that's cool as hell. It looks like something straight out of fiction. Here's hoping Thom Richard takes the checkered flag when Reno reconvenes next year!

@AmericanAviator It's actually a pretty straightforward system (despite the visual shock and the accompanying idea of one excessively violent mechanical thing spinning in opposition to another). I...think...Don Whittington did the mod and that would have been back in the mid 70's. Forty years of service says a lot about reliability to me!

@vendetta81 How much of a pain in the rear is that counter-rotating assembly on Precious Metal?

@jtully79 ...although I used to be an A&P, I'm not an engineer...BUT...I understand it to be more of an issue of practicality (vs outright performance). The Tu-95 puts out about 12,000hp (9000kw) per engine. I DO understand the principle of cleaning up vortexes behind the leading prop but I think the bigger issue was the idea that you would need a 25' prop! ..remember the Connie?

@purple748 dago red is hardly a mustang it is so heavily modified. Precious metal does not looke like too much has been done to the radiator, wings or canopy. Theoretically a contra rotating prop should have a slight advantage with respect to top speed... that is why the Tu-95 Bear has them. The Tu-95 can fly routinely at around 550mph

@vendetta81 it has contra rotating propellers... the torque is balanced in both directions... how could it snap roll?

@purple748 Yeah, the sound of the contra props is sooooooooo nice! Dago Red, Strega, Voodoo, then Precious Metal are my favorites in order.

@jesknow Although it pains me to say this (I think Precious Metal is one THE most beautiful airplanes to grace the skies) the counter (contra) rotating prop was not such a great idea (for THIS application). I think the max Precious Metal has gone is around 440. By comparison; Dago Red has done about 540 (unofficial) and 520 (official) with a single. I know some guy said he liked it (don't want to step on toes here) but I think the beercan exhaust is CHEESY!

@dragonfire1804 Big crash in Reno. It's not looking good. Expect further regulation soon.