The Pond Racer:
The Pond Racer was funded by Bob Pond and built by Scaled Composites. The idea was to build an airplane that would force the retirement of World War II fighters from unlimited air racing. Pond was concerned about the wastage of irreplaceable airframes.
Unfortunately, in its second year at the Reno Air Races, the airplane was destroyed in a forced landing, killing the pilot. The pilot, Rick Brickert, was a good friend of Pond's, who then dropped the project.
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Well, of the two fastest P-51's, one, the "Voodoo" is said to have retired after this year, and the other, "Strega" has been for sale on Trade-a-Plane for years with no takers.
ReplyDeleteIt's apparently an expensive sport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-rSdZeWj34
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A long time ago, I was told that the yearly operating costs for a stock Mustang was $150K/yr, between insurance, maintenance and all the rest.
ReplyDeleteSeems about right:
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Apologies Comrade, I tried to set it as a link, but failed.
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