The Galloping Ghost won it's first race in over 20 years!
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A whopping 339 mph! Anyone think Jimmy's holding it back a bit? -
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Cool!!!!!!!!!!
Fly Fast Make Noise!Comment
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Well, he did about 315ish for the first 5 laps and then pulled a 409 on the last lap. I think there's a little bit more speed left in her.
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1st win of any kind for NX79111 since the Silver in 1986, and the first heat win since 1981.Comment
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Cool, I hope everything was looking good after the race as well. 409 should be a walk in the park for that plane.
WillComment
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After the race GG was parked in her stable and was not touched for the rest of the day. Airframe clean as a whistle..... What's that got to say!!!!!Comment
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yes, all observations are correct. Jimmy was just playing with the field until the last lap when he decided to turn up the volume, i.e.,MAP. I wonder what he was running on that last lap? 80-100? I did see some work going on under the hell hole in the pits. Probably access to the boil off system but I don't know for sure.Comment
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Jimmy does like to play on the race course, remember when he lit the afterburner on the Mig17 a few years back? That was fun to watch.Comment
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On the last lap there was a trail of steam/smoke which caused me a concern having not seen it during the earlier laps. It's only a guess, but I believe it was the boil off system as has been reported here before. After the race when he taxied by puffs of something were coming out the left side of the fuselage.Comment
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That is the boil off system, just behind the wing, on the left side, just before the 1 in 177...Originally posted by JMS View PostComment
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Is that like boil on, or boil off?Comment
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