A star is reborn

摘要

Dick keyt wouldn't look out of place on a horse next to Clint Eastwood in a Western. But planes, not horses, are Keyt's obsession — one in particular. Rangy and grey-haired, the softly-spoken Texan is the owner — or, as he puts it, custodian — of the Polen Special. Handbuilt in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the plane is an airshow legend. It has been the fastest four-cylinder aircraft (in fact, the fastest four-cylinder engine) in the world for over 30 years. Keyt is determined to keep it that way, and he has decided to use the most up-to-date technologies to achieve this.