Steve Hinton RB-51 Red Baron 1979 World Air Speed Record Attempt

[@TacticalOni]

you're spot on! It's an amazing sound. Didn't even sound like a plane but as it passes you can hear the cylinders firing. I love the sound of them!

[@jonwilliams4030]

You guys that are talking about Rare Bear being the fastest piston engine aircraft have to realize that this video was made back in 1979. That's over 30 years ago. This plane was way ahead of it's time in performance!!!

[@northwestprof60]

this has the video quality of 1879

[@topgunmaverick379]

Rare bear isn't the fastest. Voodoo holds that record

[@harryberry474]

Jon Williams...What are you talking about Rare Bear 1989 set the record (528mph) 10 years later after Red Baron record (499mph) in 1979. So what's the 30 year thing?

[@stejer211]

@@harryberry474 You're correct, he should have said 35 years.

[@Weyco23]

@@harryberry474 Voodoo averaged 531 in 2017.

[@後藤智美-t9z]

探し求めていた､動画がみつかりました🎵ありがとう❗

[@patgoodyear9762]

I saw the RB-51 in 1976 at the Red Baron Flying Service in Idaho Falls during an air show, it was right after they had completed the installation of the Griffon engine, it made 4 passes at 400+ at half throttle. Not sure who was at the helm. RB had just purchased a F-104 Starfighter, sans engine.

[@Raptor498]

@jetwaco I find it very interesting also, i have the honor to work at the Planes of Fame Museum every saturday and sunday, and its an even bigger honor to be working with Steve Hinton senior and Steven Hinton junior, and be able to call them my friend, thank you for watching

[@BryantKHill]

There is a couple small pieces of it at the Planes of Fame Air Museum.

[@topgunmaverick379]

What's left of baron is in Idaho at John mazula's work shop

[@martihill3611]

Nice video. I remember reading that in the late 30's, German engineers figured out that 500 mph was almost impossible for prop planes so they started planning for the jet ages.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Remember that these aircraft are modified heavily, carry no weapons, and have the engines producing very high output. WW2 era engine oil probably wasn't up to the task, and engine reliability would have been unacceptable for combat. Actually, I think the Germans did manage to get a piston engine aircraft (Bf-109) up to about 500 MPH back in the 1930s by modifying it. It wasn't combat-capable by any stretch, though.

[@johnjennings8085]

The best young people can do today is Tic Toc and twitter. Back then we set world speed records.

[@pete49327]

That plane used to be hangared at Eufaula, AL. airport and flown by Mac McClain of Eufaula. It had twin counter rotating props and McClain would fly it in races out West somewhere, maybe Reno. Anyone remember McClain, or was it McLain?

[@heidihobear]

this video would be so cool if we could color correct it in a computer and make it like brand new again

[@dks13827]

The course was 3k. The average came out to 499+ mph and on one pass Steve did 508 mph ! Wow !

[@Yosemite-George-61]

Great stuff, thenks ! We must also say, the Bear has the record now...

[@stebstebanesier6205]

Must be something wrong with my video card, because I can't make any of this out.

[@ronniesmith8941]

I remember the Red Baron RB-51. Saw it at McClellan's AFB Open House a week before it crashed at the Reno Air Races in 1979.

[@SeanHollingsworth]

My favorite air race plane as a kid. A full month after the crash, there was still bits of the aircraft at the crash site.

[@ronniesmith3521]

Saw it before it crashed in Reno in 1979

[@paulmurphy42]

Can anyone tell me exactly how the engines on the Reno Racers have been modified compared to the original WW2 engines? I know that they've put special fuel in them and they suspend the normal operating limitations - but what other modifications have they made, exactly? Many thanks.

[@747heavyboeing3]

Cliff Robertson was great in the movie "The Pilot "

[@drpork1360]

My dad saw Red Baron crash

[@michaellee4027]

My dad was there. He was part of the ground crew helping with the filming. They used his bucket truck for one one the cameras.

[@michaelrc1]

I just got a balsa model of this plane but it has the name Darryl Greenamyer on it . Could anyone give me more information . Thank you

[@dvgebhart]

Cliff Robertson, what a dude👏

[@MrShobar]

Cliff Robertson narrates.

[@TheFreakyKidz]

@2:13 Hi dad!

[@Carolinacaveman]

I might be wrong but i think the bear as clocked a 523MPH average.

[@UltraMonkeySapien]

523 is the Rare Bears record. However, early this year Voodoo broke the record with a new speed of 532. The Bear isn't as fast with a four blade prop as it was with the big triple blade prop. My Uncle, Mike Looney, was a mechanic for the bear up until 2011.

[@96alpha46]

UltraMonkeySapien if we are being technical Voodoo didn’t beat the record he got 531 as an average in order to beat the Bear he had to have gotten 535.

[@marka8947]

@@UltraMonkeySapien No it didn't.

[@Raptor498]

@TheFreakyKidz Robbie? :o

[@MarioSJr-ms5vg]

Is he the father of the one who broke the record in 2017?

[@nitchmakes7550]

Yep

[@Raptor498]

@canals22 wasnt it like 510 ?

[@TheFreakyKidz]

I think you might have a typo in the title. Pretty sure it was the RB-51, not RP

[@Raptor498]

Just fixed it, Thanks :D

[@waynecoulter6761]

What is that song?

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Griffon by Rolls Royce

[@Carolinacaveman]

do NOT tell me that the sound of the plane on the first pass did not give ya goose bumps! >:)

[@Yosemite-George-61]

The bear is the official fastest propeller driven, piston powered aircraft and I think you're right, 523 or 535 don' remember, but I assure you, with the ugly a^^ paint job the new owners slapped on it, it won't go any faster...

[@UltraMonkeySapien]

523 is the Rare Bears record. However, early this year Voodoo broke the record with a new speed of 532. The Bear isn't as fast with a four blade prop as it was with the big triple blade prop. My Uncle, Mike Looney, was a mechanic for the bear up until 2011.

[@harryberry474]

@@UltraMonkeySapien Rare Bears speed record is 528.33mph Aug 211989...Voodoos 531.53mph Sept 2 2017 to be exact. Personally I think Dago Red could top them both but that remains to be seen.

[@aamfrgvols]

Don't know what the big deal was, the XP-47J a modified Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, achieved a top speed of 505 mph in level flight on August 4, 1944 at 34,500 feet over a course in Farmingdale, New York, piloted by Mike Ritchie. That was 1944 and a radial air cooled engine! Nothing could top the R-2800.

[@johncleek1207]

jordanfrye frye. But that was at 34,500 ft. It couldn't come close to that speed at 100 ft. altitude. The world speed record has to meet specific requirements.

[@controllineprecisionaeroba7454]

Steve should stick to racing, not talking.

[@SnowTiger45]

Terrible video quality. Barely watchable.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Well, sorry but this is 1979 tech.