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Old 12-09-2010, 06:24 PM
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Ernie P.
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Default RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz

Last clue for the evening. Thanks; Ernie P.



Background: They say records are made to be broken. If that is true of most things, it is especially true of speed records. But one aircraft world speed record stood for thirty years.


Question: What designated warbird held the absolute world speed record for thirty years? And from what warbird did it take the record?

Clues:

(1) Although designated a warbird, the ultimate winner was in reality little more than a flying “hot rod”. The other aircraft to hold the record was far closer to a production warbird.

(2) The speed record was the absolute world speed record at the time. As faster jets came onto the scene, the speed record became the record for propeller driven aircraft.