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Hot Rods of the Sky

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anatolpopov

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What aircraft can be called Hot Rod? I was thinking and I only get 1 in my head.

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Jim Wright did replica but it crashed

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Luckily Aerosoft have done good "replica" for FSX
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So what you think, what's Hod Rod of the Sky for you?
 
When I think of a Formula 1 car or something of the sort, I think of this
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When I think of Nascar, this comes to mind
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Heh, I'd love to see a hardcore SR-71 simulator. Imagine those thrilling spy missions... without time compression... lol...
 
Yeah sitting there for 11 hours just monitoring the gauges and enduring refueling after refueling for a few short minutes over the collection area!

Still, it gives you a sense of geography :ernae:
 
I agree that aircraft like the H-1, GeeBee, and X-15, at least in my mind as well.

To me, when I think hot rod, I picture John Milner's '32 Ford. So with this in mind, I also see aircraft like the P-51B, F2G Super Corsair, and Rare Bear, as hot rods, because of the combination of styling and performance. As such I could also could group all of the Reno, Cleveland, Thompsan Trophy, and Schneider Trophy racers as individual aviation hot rods. The post-war Cleveland races especially saw some unique modifications made to aircraft like the P-38, P-63, and F2G.
 
You guys are forgetting THE real hot rod of the skies, T-38 Talon, and I'm not saying this but the pilots who have been trained in it.

Jose.
 
Polikarpov I-16 Rata, with just flame pipes after the exhaust valves, as the commentator at Hahnweide said matchingly, it is an engine with a short fuselage and aileron racks....
 
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