I'm slightly surprised, now that I think on it, that nobody brought up Jimmy Doolittle before now, considering that he got some of those trophies flying a Gee Bee R-1, which is much like a Striker unit in that they're both an engine into which a pilot is installed, and they require supernatural abilities to fly (the Fantasy of Flight museum has a flyable replica, and apparently the ailerons start working backwards at or below 110 mph, among other things).

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."