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The Bear has been in development for many years. In 1988 owner Lyle Shelton set the current piston-powered speed record at 528 mph. The propeller is a three-blade affair reworked from a P-3 Orion propeller. The big paddle blades each have to absorb some 1400 horsepower from the R-3350 engine.
Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Steve Zimmermann, all rights reserved
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