A P-51 Mustang-based racer, Surnthin’ Else belonged to World Airlines chief pilot John Crocker. Equipped with clipped wings and Hoerner wing tips, faired low-profile canopy and a Hovey machine products racing Merlin, this was one of the first Mustangs so modified. It was built up by Ken Burnstine, who was killed in another Mustang) and previously raced as Miss Foxy Lady.
Carrying the racing number six, Sumthin’ Else sports a colour scheme of white with a black spinner and nose that becomes a black fuselage stripe, and a black tail unit.
It took first place in the Unlimited Gold Championship race at Reno in 1979, with John Crocker at the controls, but has not been very competitive since.
Sumthin’Else
Span: clipped from 11.89 m (37 ft 0.75 in)
Length: 9.83 m (32 ft 3 in)
Powerplant: 1 x Packard V-1650 Merlin, 2088 kW (2,800 hp)
Max TO weight: about 3175 kg (7,000 lb)
Max speed: about 460 mph at low altitude
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