World’s Fastest Piston-Power Airplane

[Stormin' Norman[_2_]]

The roar and concussion were startling. Clocked at 554.69 mph, the
ultra-modified P-51 racer Voodoo shot by and was gone. Its first pass
over the three-kilometer straightaway took 12 seconds.....

https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/worlds-fastest-piston-airplane-180969509/#AwUQQzxGuMiOXBHp.99

[Miloch]

In article >, Stormin' Norman says...
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>The roar and concussion were startling. Clocked at 554.69 mph, the
>ultra-modified P-51 racer Voodoo shot by and was gone. Its first pass
>over the three-kilometer straightaway took 12 seconds.....
>
>https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/worlds-fastest-piston-airplane-180969509/#AwUQQzxGuMiOXBHp.99
>
>


....so what's the deal with string hanging drown from the cowling on
'Voodoo'?...is it a 'feature' or something left behind accidentally by the
mechanic?

Last time a saw a string like that it was attached to my wife's Tampax.




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