[sm=drowning.gif] The official and verified speed record is held in England by Steve Elias. The plane was a BVM Bandit (specially built by Ian Richardson) powered by a shoe horned AMT Olympus. (yes an Olympus!) For a full report and speed details check out AMT Netherlands website there is a section on it with photos. I beleive it is about 276mph average recorded in 2 directions clocked on radar. I have seen this plane fly, many people have said they have '300mph' planes but i have seen nothing compared with this! The truth is it would probably go much faster but Steve can only leave the throttle open for a few seconds before he has to chop and pull verticle! if not it is out of site.