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Although the official record for fastest piston-engined aeroplane in level flight was held by a Grumman F8F Bearcat, the Rare Bear, with a speed of 850.23 km/h (528.31 mph), the unofficial record for fastest piston-engined aeroplane in level flight is held by a British Hawker Sea Fury at 880 km/h (547 mph).
Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) Wingspan: 21 ft 5 in (6.53 m) Height: 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) Wing area: 94 sq ft (8.7 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 65212 Empty weight: 1,035 lb (469 kg) Gross weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg) Fuel capacity: 50 U.S. gallons (190 L; 42 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming TSIO-360A1A Horizontally opposed four cylinder, 200 hp (150 kW ...
After six years of development and construction, it first flew in October 1972 [1] and was considered the fastest homebuilt aircraft extant. Its tricycle undercarriage is retractable. The Bullet originally flew with a Continental TSIO-520B turbocharged six-cylinder piston engine rated at 310 hp (230 kW).
The Berkut 360 is a tandem-seating, two-seat homebuilt canard aircraft with pusher configuration and retractable landing gear, built primarily of carbon fiber and fiberglass. The Berkut 360 is featured in the 2010 movie Kill Speed ( Fast Glass ).
A study released in 2012 by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded that homebuilt aircraft in the U.S. have an accident rate 3–4 times higher than the rest of the general aviation fleet. Almost 10% of accidents involving homebuilt aircraft occurred on the craft's first flight.
In 1922 the company hired aircraft designer Mario Castoldi to design high-speed aircraft. In 1926 the company won the trophy with the M.39 , which attained a top speed of 396 km/h (246 mph). Further aircraft, the M.52, M.52R and the M.67, were designed and built but victory in the Schneider races kept eluding the Italians.
This distance set a new record for the longest aircraft flight in history, breaking the old records of 24,987 miles (40,213 km) in an airplane and 25,360 miles (40,810 km) in a balloon. The landing was made at Bournemouth Airport , England (short of the planned destination at Kent), because of a generator failure at 40,000 feet (12,000 m).
The Bede BD-10 was Jim Bede's attempt to introduce the world's first kit-built jet-powered general aviation supersonic aircraft. [1] After several years of testing and modifications, the project was taken over by investors in order to produce fully completed civilian and military training aircraft, but these projects were never realized.