phil65 wrote:
" This might be the last time it is ever held and your last chance to see W.W.II aircraft flying hard, competitive, and to their maximum limits. Watching an unlimited Mustang going 500+ mph on a race Merlin at 185" Manifold Pressure (3 times design limit) is a sight and sound you will never, ever experience at an airshow and will probably never be replicated outside of an Unlimited race."
I'm afraid those days are already over, 400 mph is pretty close.
Hopefully mother nature doesn't interfere and with all the rain/snow California's gotten there won't be any wildfires, like the last time I was there..
Phil
While you are correct and we likely won't be getting a 100% fully race-prepared Super Stang Strega or Voodoo, Miss America will be pretty close to full race (and will have some mods that even Strega and Voodoo don't have). So that being said, if you want to hear a Merlin at race power that's VERY close to how a race-prepared Vintage V12's Merlin sounds (actually a similar engine to what The Ghost was using), this could definitely be the last chance, and I'll be forever grateful that Doc Hisey is putting in the effort to make it happen.
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