Home Pylon - June 10, 2008

The monthly fly-by on the air racing websites has yielded the following results:

There are a number of new things to note on the RARA website:

1. This years rules are posted and available for download off the website.
2. Jet Class - interview with Rich Sugden [podcast]
3. Jon Sharp and Kevin Eldredge discuss the Nemesis NXT aircraft, the Sport Class, and their plans to win at the Sept 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races & Air Show. [podcast]
   

Blue Thunder II has new updates on their website. Progress continues on their new Thunder Mustang.

Nemesis NXTs website has been updated with news about their speed attempt that will take place at OshKosh.

Here's a post on AAFO about John Penny -

Congrats to John Penny on his new job! - AAFO
I was in the bookstore reading one of the warbird rags, and read that Mr. John Penney is now the Chief Pilot for the Flying Heritage Collection. This is a collection of W.W.II aircraft maintained in flying condition by Paul Allen, the Co-founder of Microsoft. ...

Photos -
Steadfast New Colors A2A - AAFO

Unfortunately, many of the team websites haven't been updated in a long time and we, the fans, are starving for information. Pylon Racing Seminar (PRS) is coming up on June 18, and I was hoping to see more information about the teams. We'll keep an eye on all the key places and post information as it becomes available. Hopefully, there will be some news from the PRS!