Thursday, September 16, 2010

Reno Update - 9/15/2010, #2

Speed Record Falls At Reno from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The National Championship Air Races are under way this week in Reno, Nev., and before the official races even started on Wednesday, a major speed record was broken. Curt Brown flew his L-29 jet around the pylons on Tuesday at a rate of 543.568 mph, the fastest speed ever recorded at the ...

Reno 2010: Relentless Loses Prop in Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Unexpected may become the watchword for the 2010 Reno Air Races, especially in the Super Sport Class. Qualifying runs and heat races began Wednesday, September 15, with racing running through Sunday, September 19, at Reno, Nevada's Stead Airport. ...


Here's a photo we shot while visiting the Relentless pit today

GP-5 Super Sport Racer Debuts at Reno from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
George Periera, designer of such aircraft as the Osprey and GP-4, wanted to try his hand at a Reno Unlimited racer, and figured that a small, light aircraft could do the job at least as well as the big warbirds that dominated the class.

GP-5 At Reno 2010: Wooden It Be Great... by Airpigz
The GP-5 is an all-wood racer that was begun in the early 90's by George Pereira, well known for his Osprey and GP-4 homebuilt aircraft. Originally intended to compete against the Unlimited racers (following attempts like Tsunami and the Pond Racer) - but a long and challenging journey ultimately has kept this airplane from ever  ...
   
"Galloping Ghost" returns to Reno Air Races after more than 20 years - Reno Gazette-Journal
“The whole air racing community is so happy about it.” competed and won at the post-World War II Cleveland Air Races of the late 1940s. ...

Marilyn Dash and the LiveAirShowTV crew

The "Ruby Slippers" have been swapped out as a tribute to Al Goss.  Ruby's wearing Warlock Slippers?

Reno Air Races complete 2010 schedule from Latest news updates from RGJ.com

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