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Smashing Time

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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/articl...350?Title=Windsor-air-racer-sets-climb-record
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Heck...I can climb the 13 stairs from the 1st floor to the second floor in less than 2 seconds...and that's with a cold cola in one hand, a hot sandwich in the other, a bag of tater chips dangling from my mouth and two dogs trying to climb up my legs to get at my grub. What's the big whooptydoo about climbing to 3,000 meters in 2.5 minutes in hopped up Yak-52.....no cola, no sandwich, no chips, no Chihuahuas....cake walk if you ask me.

OBIO
 
It's awesome that these records are still being chased, and broken. I also can't help but feel good for Will and those part of the Steadfast crew!
 
The wartime production versions of the YAK-3 were powered by 12 cylinder Vee liquid cooled engines.
This from Wikipedia:
<dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">Yak-3U</dt><dd style="line-height: 19px; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; ">Yak-3 fitted with Shvetsov ASh-82FN radial engine with 1,380 kW (1,850 hp) in an attempt to increase performance while avoiding the overheating problems of VK-107 and VK-108. Wingspan increased by 20 cm (8 in), wings moved 22 cm (9 in) forward, cockpit raised by 8 cm (3 in). Armament of 2 × 20 mm Berezin B-20 cannons with 120 rpg. The prototype reached 682 km/h (424 mph) at 6,000 m (19,685 ft) and while successful did not enter production because it was completed after the war. Flying a modified replica Yak-3U manufactured in Romania in 2005 and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-2000 engine, William Whiteside set an official international speed record for piston-engined aircraft in the under-3,000 kg (6,615-pound) category on 10 October 2011, reaching 655 km/hr (407 mph) over a 3-km (1.863-mile) course at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in the United States, greatly exceeding the previous record of 491 km (305 mph) set in 2002 by Jim Wright. The following day, Whiteside used the same aircraft to set an unofficial speed record for aircraft in the category of 670 km/hr (416 mph) over the same 3-km (1.863-mile) course.</dd>
 
can you imagine flying one of them in Jan 1941 without even a heater and knowing you most likely won't come back.
 
OBIO said:
Heck...I can climb the 13 stairs from the 1st floor to the second floor in less than 2 seconds...and that's with a cold cola in one hand, a hot sandwich in the other, a bag of tater chips dangling from my mouth and two dogs trying to climb up my legs to get at my grub. What's the big whooptydoo about climbing to 3,000 meters in 2.5 minutes in hopped up Yak-52.....no cola, no sandwich, no chips, no Chihuahuas....cake walk if you ask me.

OBIO
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OBIO, that's a YOUTUBE video waiting to happen! :icon_lol::icon_lol:
 
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