PM is fast!!!

[Panzer Division]

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Wow this is great news, hope she wins!

[Randy Haskin]

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Good on 'em!

Don't forget that this is a shorter (slower) course than in 1988.

[wyhdah]

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Do it Thom! Go PM! Any other planes fly from the east coast and run 450? Just curious.

[Airrace7]

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Looked good today! But I am sure they can go faster if needed!
The counter rotater blades didn't seem to sound the same as in previous years.

[Florian]

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I just uploaded some low qual video footage of PM from today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reG3_...&feature=share
PM was screaming

Best regards,
Florian

[Bob]

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WOW, PreciousMetal is BADFAST!!!!
The audio was really nice, thanks for posting

[phoneguy]

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Back in Kissimmee, on initial test runs the new prop is quieter and there is a significant increase in speed at conservative power settings. Thom was grinning ear to ear. He had to jump through a lot of "hoops" to get this new prop set up to be able to race this year. I am glad to see that Thom's and the team's hard work all year is paying off in miles per hour.

The motto on the right wingtip is holding true so far....
" I wanna go fast!!!"

[FuryFan]

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Thank you so much for the video.....PM sounds awesome!

Kevin

[W J Pearce]

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How many Griffon powered Mustangs are there flying and where are they located?

Precious Metal is the only Griffon-powered Mustang flying. It and Red Baron were the only Griffon Mustangs. Miss Ashley II was not a "true" Mustang, but you can count it if you want. The British were building a Griffon Mustang during WWII as an engine test-bed but it was not completed. John Marlin at Stead is building a Martin-Baker MB5 replica. I think it uses Mustang wings (the replica not the original) but it is not a Mustang.

[t-dub]

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I love it!

[JCP]

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Wow!! That's really moving............I hope that engine can take it.

JC

[NOVA]

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Very impressive speed. Cant wait to see it this weekend!

[RichH]

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The British were building a Griffon Mustang during WWII as an engine test-bed but it was not completed. .

NA were actually contemplating a production variant, but they were going to mount the Griffon amidships... ala P-39/63. Seems silly on the face of it, considering mere "cocktail-napkin" engineers had no problem with a conventional tractor arrangement...

[Florian]

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Funny crossing today of PM and Argonaut:

[johnnyrace]

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Glad someone got that photo... We all said "that would have made a cool photo "when they passed each other like that!!!