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This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly modified to take part in air races. It does not include minimally modified aircraft which were not built for racing, even if they have taken part in races.
The Howard Aircraft Company (later Howard Aircraft Corporation) was formed in 1936 to build commercial derivatives of the Howard DGA-6 (named Mister Mulligan), [1] [2] a successful four-seat racing aircraft which had won both the Bendix and the Thompson Trophies in 1935, the only aircraft ever to win both races. [3]
An early version of the Edge 540 with a wire-braced tail. The Zivko Edge 540 manufactured by Zivko Aeronautics is a highly aerobatic aircraft.Capable of a 420 degree per second roll rate and a 3,700 foot per minute climb rate, it has been flown to victory on the international Unlimited aerobatics circuit several times since the mid-1990s.
Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Capacity: 1 Length: 17 ft (5.2 m) Wingspan: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) Wing area: 67 sq ft (6.2 m 2) Airfoil: NACA M6 Empty weight: 919 lb (417 kg) Gross weight: 1,194 lb (542 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Menasco Buccaneer 485 cubic inch inline, 200 hp (150 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 209 kn (241 mph, 388 km/h) Cruise speed: 152 kn (175 mph, 282 km/h ...
The Red Baron was a North American P-51D Mustang NX7715C, original serial number 44-84961. It raced from 1966 to 1973 under the names Miss R.J. and Roto-Finish Special, winning Unlimited Gold in 1972.
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Because of its successes, the National Air and Space Museum has described the plane as "the most successful aircraft in air racing history". [4] To put the Nemesis performance in perspective, most production O-200 equipped aircraft are more commonly found flying at 100mph, and few can reach even half its maximum speed.