Glasair Sets New Speed Record At Reno Air Races
Wed, 06 Oct '10
(originally posted at Aero-news.net)
Flying his Glasair III at the 2010 National Championship Air Races in Stead, Nevada, Jeff Lavelle set a blistering new Sport Class qualifying record, setting the bar up at 362.481 MPH.
Lavelle's speed is even more impressive when you realize that his Glasair's qualifying speed is not only faster than every one of the higher horse-powered aircraft that qualified in the "Super Sport Class", but it was also faster than over half (14 of 24) of the entrants in the Unlimited Class, which includes multiple P-51 Mustangs, a Fockewulf, a P40, and an F4U Corsair.
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Wed, 06 Oct '10
(originally posted at Aero-news.net)
Flying his Glasair III at the 2010 National Championship Air Races in Stead, Nevada, Jeff Lavelle set a blistering new Sport Class qualifying record, setting the bar up at 362.481 MPH.
Lavelle's speed is even more impressive when you realize that his Glasair's qualifying speed is not only faster than every one of the higher horse-powered aircraft that qualified in the "Super Sport Class", but it was also faster than over half (14 of 24) of the entrants in the Unlimited Class, which includes multiple P-51 Mustangs, a Fockewulf, a P40, and an F4U Corsair.
Read the full article at: http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...-48ffe2a3e8f3&