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Mobility scooter in plane race

COLIN FURZE RACING A PLANE ON HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER ON A AIRFIELD IN LINCOLNSHIRE... A plumber who built the world's FASTEST mobility scooter has now incredibly suped it up to race a PLANE...Colin Furze, 31, officially broke the world record with a remarkable speed of 71.59mph on the petrol-powered super scooter...Now after weeks of adjustments and fine tuning he has pitched the powerful machine against a propeller plane..."I decided to change the gear ratio to help the scooter accelerate faster and thought it would be fun to test out against a plane," he said..."I was worried about how it would perform but amazingly it accelerated away from the starting line quicker than the plane and left it behind."..Colin spent nearly three months and £400 converting the machine which has a powerful 125cc motorbike engine hidden under the seat, five gears and twin exhausts...SEE COPY CATCHLINE Mobility scooter in plane race

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COLIN FURZE RACING A PLANE ON HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER ON A AIRFIELD IN LINCOLNSHIRE... A plumber who built the world's FASTEST mobility scooter has now incredibly suped it up to race a PLANE...Colin Furze, 31, officially broke the world record with a remarkable speed of 71.59mph on the petrol-powered super scooter...Now after weeks of adjustments and fine tuning he has pitched the powerful machine against a propeller plane..."I decided to change the gear ratio to help the scooter accelerate faster and thought it would be fun to test out against a plane," he said..."I was worried about how it would perform but amazingly it accelerated away from the starting line quicker than the plane and left it behind."..Colin spent nearly three months and £400 converting the machine which has a powerful 125cc motorbike engine hidden under the seat, five gears and twin exhausts...SEE COPY CATCHLINE Mobility scooter in plane race