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==Design and development==
Browning hired two Lockheed engineers, Pete Law and Bruce Boland, and a team of other specialists made major modifications to the plane, including installation of a [[Rolls-Royce Griffon]] 57 engine and [[contra-rotating propellers]] from an [[Avro Shackelton]].<ref>[http://www.enginehistory.org/Convention/2006/Presentations/LawPete/RedBaron/red_baron_1.shtml] enginehistory.org Retrieved 12 July 2011.</ref> The larger engine required significant changes to the airframe, particularly the engine compartment. The contra-rotating propellers also created instability that required an increase in fin area, all of which cost Browning more than $300,000.<ref>Rourk, Dell.[http://books.google.com/books?id=2Zq4OKTCqzQC&pg=PA94&dq=%22steve+hinton%22+red+baron&hl=en&ei=PyYfTuHXB_G60AHOyqjgAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22steve%20hinton%22%20red%20baron&f=false Racing for the Gold: The Story of Lyle Shelton and the Rare Bear.] Retrieved 14 July 2011.</ref>
With these changes, the aircraft became the dominant racer on the Unlimited circuit.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1095541/index.htm] Sports Illustrated, 29 Oct 1979.</ref> It was initially flown by Mac McClain and [[Daryl Greenamyer]]; in 1976, Greenamyer recommended [[Steve Hinton]] pilot the plane. Hinton won four consecutive Unlimited races in one year, and remains the only pilot ever to do so.<ref>[http://www.mustangsmustangs.us/thehangar/index.php?topic=124.0;wap2] mustangsmustangs.us Retrieved 12 July 2011.</ref>
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