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Old 05-19-2015, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by gamera View Post
I tried something similar a while back.

What I find interesting about 1930's air racing was the fact that it wasn't the military that had the fastest planes in the world , but sportsmen. After WWII the jet age started and the military had the fastest planes and it's been that way ever since.
The Army used to race some.
There was a nice model of Billy Mitchell"s Spencer cup racer on Canon, but it is not there anymore.
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