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''Voodoo'' is a highly modified North American P-51 Mustang that is the 2013 and 2014 Unlimited-class champion of the Reno Air Races. The pilot for both wins was Steven Hinton, Jr. of Chino, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 Aircraft Report )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hinton makes Reno magic in 'Voodoo' )〕 ==History== The P-51D-25-NA was built in 1944 by North American Aviation at Inglewood, California, for the United States Army. The aircraft was then transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Mustang IV with serial number 9289 in February 1951.〔 In February 1951, it went down at Richmond, Virginia, and was badly damaged. Again, in February 1962, the aircraft crashed. In March 1977, the aircraft suffered yet another crash. According to the summarized National Transportation Safety Board narrative from report number SEA77FYE12:
In 1980, the aircraft was sold to William A. Speer, of La Mesa, California, who restored it. In 1988, it made its first restored flight. It first raced as #45, then as #55 using the name ''Pegasus''. The plane was sold at auction in December 1994.〔 Bob Button of Button Transportation Inc., Wellington, Nevada, owned the plane from From 1995 to 1998. He renamed it ''Voodoo Chile'', and raced it as #55.〔 In 1998, the highly modified P-51 raced at the National Championship Air Races in Reno. In 2007, Bob Button retired from air racing after a malfunction.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yarNbC_ppts〕 In 2013, ''Voodoo'', still owned by Bob Button, was raced at Reno by Steven Hinton, Jr., who won the unlimited gold trophy and the national championship while reaching speeds of over . Hinton won again in 2014.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Voodoo (aircraft)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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