[Eye of Unk]

I remember going to the Reno Air Races back around 1990 or so, the most distinctive sound was the one coming from the P-51 as it flew by on the deck with full boost and injection at I think something like 470mph. Full race configuration was a bit faster than its war attire naturally. After that was the Bearcats.

[alfa6]

Ah, the sound of a Merlin flying past

(MUSTANG FLYBY)

It was a really tricked out Bearcat flown by Daryl Greenemeyer, I think I spelled that right, that used to hold the Prop speed record, somewhere over 480mph. I think his old record has been bested but not by much.

Vrooom Vroooom

As far as the Allies were concerned in my opinion there were two aero engines responsible for the success of the Allied air war. The Rolls Royce/Packard Merlin and the Pratt and Whitney R-2800. These two engines probably powered close to 50 percent of the Allied aircraft. In the Merlins case it would have been more except that they could not make em fast enough.

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alfa6 ;>}