This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the first manned supersonic flight, so it’s fitting that a Mustang Mach 1 – a car that took its name from this groundbreaking event - has been modified in tribute to the aircraft that achieved it.
Auctioned by Burns & Co. this past April, the Mustang Mach 1 featured was customised locally, but the inspiration behind it comes from a place – and time - much further away.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SOUND BARRIER
When propeller-driven aircraft ruled the skies, the idea of flying faster than the speed of sound seemed fanciful. Even the most advanced piston-engined fighter planes from World War II could
