At the 2021 National Air Races Unlimited Gold class in September
2021
at Reno, Nevada, Sea Furies operated by the Sanders organisation took
the top three places ahead of four P-51D Mustangs.
1st TMk20
‘Dreadnaught’ - 8 laps in 8 mins 49.687 secs at 426.896 mph
2nd FBMk11
‘Argonaut’ - 7 laps in 9 mins
09.066 secs at 359.961 mph
3rd TMk20
‘924G’
- 7 laps in 9 mins 09.839 secs at 354.937 mph
Dreadnaught is powered by a mighty 28 cylinder, 71.5 litre, four row,
Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engine; Argonaut has an 18
cylinder, 45.9 litre, two row P&W R-2800 Double Wasp radial; and
924G has an 18 cylinder, 53.6 litre, two row Bristol Centaurus radial.
The pilots were:
1st Joel Swager,
2nd Sherman Smoot and
3rd Dennis Sanders.