{"id":2563,"date":"2015-03-21T13:44:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T13:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2015-03-21T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T13:44:06","slug":"the-fastest-prop-and-fastest-jet-perform-the-fastest-formation-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-fastest-prop-and-fastest-jet-perform-the-fastest-formation-record\/","title":{"rendered":"The fastest prop and fastest jet perform the fastest formation record"},"content":{"rendered":"
When these images cropped\u00a0out on the internet a few\u00a0months ago, some knew the photos were a photoshop masterpiece, and the rest were skeptical, or believed this ‘claim’. A note to acclaimed aviator, Skip Holm was in order to validate the images and provide a little insight as to how this formation came to be.<\/p>\n
After winning the Reno Air Race in 1981, and returning to their base, Van Nuys, the whole Jeannie crew was fired up to keep flying the racer in an attempt to set other world records as well as get socialising with the media\u00a0for the plane. Bouncing varied ideas of how to PR the racer, some even\u00a0proposed concepts from Jeannie becoming a static display in the mall to giving rides in the \u201caft bunk\u201d. However, they\u00a0eventually concluded that the best way to attract the media was to approach what we today would call a \u201cYou-Tube\u201d viral video, hair-brained plan whereby they\u00a0would successfully establish the \u201cJeannie Blazing Bullet Brand\u201d; and thereby be able to market and establish Jeannie as the fastest reciprocating engine aircraft in the world.<\/p>\n