Thunder Mustang trivia

[grampi]

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I wonder what other planes Lyle would've competed against? I can't think of many that would've given RB any competition...

[Big_Jim]

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I wonder what other planes Lyle would've competed against? I can't think of many that would've given RB any competition...

Well, one of them was Hinton in the Griffon Spit that you blew off a couple pages back.

[stuntflyr]

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And;
Back in the olden days there were a lot more Bearcats competing.
Chris...

[BellCobraIV]

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I wonder what other planes Lyle would've competed against? I can't think of many that would've given RB any competition...

The main competition Lyle was thinking about was for the 3 KM, and 15 KM, that record he did not hold. But Lyle loved competition and hated the Beatles and Elvis.

[BellCobraIV]

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I can totally see it that way.

The recent attempt was more personal for those with a history with the plane. I just thought it was going to be very cool because (as testing had showed) we where not just going to break it but obliterate it.

Yes it would have been clean off the map!

Anson Johnson practiced way off the map back in the fifties and fate never let N13Y hold the record, and fate also prevented N13Y from being Lyle's racer in the sixties. Fate is a real Bitch, huh?

[stuntflyr]

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The main competition Lyle was thinking about was for the 3 KM, and 15 KM, that record he did not hold. But Lyle loved competition and hated the Beatles and Elvis.

Yeah,
I always put my friends parents in two categories, Elvis or Frank. Dad and Lyle were definitely not Elvis. In fact I could see them liking Vaughn Monroe!
Chris...

[Arctic Cat]

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While 72 seconds would get you the piston powered prop drive record, you would need some serious haul some ass to beat the prop record set by Wayne Handly in the Turbo Raven at 69 seconds!

http://www.waynehandley.com/archive.html

[Race5]

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I believe the turboprop NXT at Stead was built to go after Handly's record. Of course it has never flown, and after looking at it up close I can see why...

[supercub]

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Why wasn't another Turbo Raven built?

[Big_Jim]

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Why wasn't another Turbo Raven built?

Even though he made a 'complete' recovery, Wayne Handley was pretty seriously injured in that wreck--messed up his back if I remember. He officially 'retired' after the accident. He flew a limited number of hand-picked shows in the original Raven for the next couple years until he donated that plane to a museum.

Since the Turbo Raven was purely a Wayne Handley creation, most likely there was no need or desire to build another one. And if you've seen the video of the crash impact, who could blame him?

[stuntflyr]

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Why wasn't another Turbo Raven built?

Because you didn't do it yet. Wayne built it on his own, you can do it too! Time, effort, money, get that together in the right package and you can build the new Turbo Raven.
Chris...

[AAFO_WSagar]

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...He flew a limited number of hand-picked shows in the original Raven for the next couple years until he donated that plane to a museum...

And close to home it was!!

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[Big_Jim]

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And close to home it was!!

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Did it go to Evergreen, Wayne? I honestly couldn't remember which one it was. I knew it was a West Coast musuem, but....

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Did it go to Evergreen, Wayne? I honestly couldn't remember which one it was. I knew it was a West Coast musuem, but....

Yep, wuz a big deal out there that year. Wayne did his last routene, ceremony with Larry Ellison's son and others.

I would hope it's still there but I've not been back since that day out there.

Dialtapper, you been out there at the museum in the last few years?

[rc38pilot]

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I was there in mid oct.. And it is there along with a lot of other cool things....also caught 3d air racers in the IMAX theater