Lee,

I have not heard any official results yet. I do know that we did some unnofficial testing with a set of the JPO speed traps earlier this year at a local field. When pushed hard and with the speedlimiter set at 200 mph several airplanes were able to break past 200 mph some by a fair margin. Most of those passes were from fairly steep dives and hammering the throttle on the way down, in all cases you could hear the engine throttling back as the limiter kicked in. It was interesting to note though that several planes (my Phantom being one) that we thought were going faster were only around 165-185 when pushed hard. I personally believe that 200 mph might be exceeded for short durations but it is just not that much fun to fly 200+ mph for any extended period of time. Most guys find themselves very content to fly in the 150 mph range. I also agree with you that the overall safety record seems to be improving. I attended 9 jet events this year and numerous local flyins. Several jet events had nothing more than a few bent landing gears and scuffed up wingtips, I can't say the same thing for the local flyins. As a matter of fact the ONLY time I got the skit scared out of me this year was when a .40 sized profile plane flew between my tent and my trailer at my local field, it was BELOW the height of the tent, amazingly it did not hit anything.