World's First Supersonic Prop Aircraft MACH BUSTER

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Mach Buster’s history starts in California in the 1980s. Join me to see the journey of discovering the Mach Buster in a barn after nearly 30 years.

Close up look at the Mach Buster 4:50
Opening up the Mach Buster 11:10
How Ron used the Mach Buster 17:50
Making some deals on some of Ron’s parts. 25:44
Mach Buster tail section 35:17

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Let me know if you think I should still strike a deal with Ron for the Mach Buster aircraft. If I end up purchasing it, what should I do/make with it?

Jimmy from @therealjimmysworld joining the adventure where he also covers several other aircraft on the property of basically abandoned airplanes. Jimmy’s favorite of the fleet was the Antonov AN-2, the world’s largest Bi-Plane.

Thanks for watching!
Stay safe and be blessed.

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21 thoughts on “World's First Supersonic Prop Aircraft MACH BUSTER”

  4. I remember seeing a small photo of that in HOTROD magazine around 89-90 – don't think it was painted just raw aluminium -rember thinking the magic prop looked like an extractor fan !

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  9. I don’t think a prop driven has ever broken the sound barrier. Recall someone did a program on why it was impossible. Something about airflows, rotational speed, flutter, cavitation or some such. I think the propeller tears itself apart before it gets to Mach, no matter how it is shaped. Maybe if it was partially shrouded? But would you want to be the test pilot on something like that? I know I wouldn’t.

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  10. I commend people who save unique aircraft. However how about instead of starting 30 projects, focus on one or two at a time. Clean that hangar up, organize it, catalog it and sale off items you'll never get to and put that money into some of the other cool projects. I couldn't imagine how long it will take before some of these planes and projects see the light of day. I hope that is what's going on in this video. If you can't afford to do it, heck I'm sure there's some aviation schools that have kids interested in Aviation, organize with these schools and sponsors to have field trips to hangars like this to clean organize, catalog, preserve some of the parts and these planes until someone can get to them. Maybe even have the school instructors come out and see what's in these hangars and use these aircraft to teach actual maintenance on some of the aircraft. Heck, loan the schools some of the parts for the students to rebuild while learning fabrication, structural repairs and rebuilding on components to learn the skills. Just my two cents worth. Thanks for sharing. Best Prayers & Blessings. Keith Noneya

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  17. I’d happily take home and rebuild that AN-2 before I’d go near that nightmare of a lawn dart. And that’s even if I had to put new fabric on the wings all by myself. The Mach Buster almost looks like someone saw a badly out of focus photo of an F-104 and decided to build their own even though they couldn’t get their hands on a jet engine.

    I’ve a couple of hours in the AN-2 and it’s actually a very good airplane. Not a fast one, just a good one. We flew it from Orange County to Las Vegas in ‘96 by staying parallel to the highway. Looking out the left side and watching 18 wheelers pass us was a bit of a hit to the ego to be honest. 😄

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  18. When that aircraft was being built in Livermore, CA (LVK), he was three doors down from me at my hanger and I got to see a lot of this. He was an interesting and rude individual. He never wanted anybody to have a close-up look. However, this particular aircraft was never going to fly. It was just a fake money grab to get people to invest and they did and he took in a lot and ran. You can tell by looking at the aircraft, especially the canopy that is not designed for supersonic flight and never was. What you do have is a fancy pretend airplane and then you have to look at the theoretical physics of the propeller design that he was pushing. Any aeronautical engineer will tell you that that propeller won’t work. Good luck to you on your decisions

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  19. Are you kidding, do you seriously have to think about it?? "YES"!! Absolutely it MUST be saved. It is a totally unique piece of aircraft history. How often have we seen such rare, one-off prototypes left to go to ruin just because no-one gave a sh@*t? The current custodian is clearly an eccentric hoarder – good at rescuing but hopeless at conserving. Do him a mercy, take it off his hands for what he asks and get it saved! it doesn't matter if you can't spare the coin or are only lukewarm interested. The fact that you have unearthed its location makes you the standard-bearer. Contact friends and colleagues, broadcast it widely…. I can't believe that a country as wealthy as America couldn't round-up a few obscure aviation nerds to pass the hat around and form a consortium to purchase the aircraft and have it restored before it finally decays to dust. You don't even need to pay for a hangar, a used ex-shipping container can suffice for storage. And don't forget, what it was intended to accomplish still remains probably the last great, un-broken aviation record still waiting to be claimed. restoring this aircraft may inspire a new generation of speed-freaks to try their luck in the Bonneville of the sky….!

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