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Packard DR-980 9 cylinder radial Diesel engine. Only about 100 were ever built, but they were eventually certified airworthy.....in 1930! This engine produced 225 horsepower continuously at 1,950 RPM. The usual Diesel challenges of vibration and strong exhaust smell caused many pilots to dislike them, but the design still proved to be reliable and very economical to operate.
A DR-980 set an 84 1/2 hour endurance record for flight on one tank of fuel in 1931. This record would go on to stand for 55 years..

The Red Bull helo picture is not inverted. The helo is.

I have been inverted in a Lynx…ridged rotor head.

That looks like a 105.

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Originally Posted by flipper35 (Post 12217202)

$4000 for a 40 minute ride in a P51. Yeowch!

I did it a few years back (only $1500). It was memorable!

Aerocopter AK1-3 + big fireworks: https://gvid.tv/v/ix6VqT

All Things Aviation Related

All Things Aviation Related

I think you mean Dick Rutan passed away. A great loss in any case!

About a dozen T-38s arrived at Fort Worth Alliance (KAFW) today trying to reposition for incoming Midwest storms. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1715021438.jpg

Go full screen with headphones for this one..........

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