The guy who owns the Spit also owns a Mustag. We would be on the property in
the mountains and low in comes this Mustang. What a roar. One time they did
a turning comparison Spit vs Mustang. Spit won easily.
Foxy
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> No pix, but one time a few years ago, I had just gotten off a ski lift
> at Heavenly Valley in Lake Tahoe. We were at the top of a run, about to
> descend, when I heard a plane. It was a rather different sounding plane
> than I'd heard recently. I knew it was a prop right away, but still it
> sounded different - more throaty, stronger than I remember hearing. We
> stopped and looked around. Couldn't see anything for a minute or so but
> the sound was getting louder, then suddenly it rose over the top of the
> next ridge and dived down into the valley in front of us. Of course, it
> was a P-51 Mustang, looking, sounding and flying like brand new. We
> watched it buzz the valley then rise above, and disappear behind the
> next ridge (OM content: it's flight path looked very similar to a
> straight line rendered at the top of the frame of a Zuiko 24/2 :>). It
> was quite a sight.
>
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