Friday, September 17, 2010

Reno Update - 9/17/2010

Thursday at Reno - LiveAirShowTV
Some of the latest news from the Reno Air Races. First full day of racing, and how the top Unlimited contenders are feeling about the race. (embedded video)




Ruby Red - photo by Anthony Taylor

   
National Championship Air Races and Air Show 2010 at the Reno-Stead Airport - MyNews4
Today was the first opening ceremony at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, complete with a symbolic "lap," called the "eternal ...

Reno National Championship Air Races volunteers enjoy the view at Home Pylon
Reno Gazette-Journal
Tucker, 49, is the head flag man — only the second one in the 47-year history of the Reno Air Races, and one of a handful of air race volunteers who call ...

Race fans descend on Reno - AOPA Pilot
Air racers, and air racing enthusiasts, have been arriving in Reno, Nev., for the forty-seventh annual National Championship Air Races. ...

Incredible...... from www.kevineldredge.com
... Just as I started to roll slightly to the left to set my nose on just the right angle to start my qualifying lap I heard the most unbelievable squeal and then POP! I knew right away that the prop had left the party but the big question was what was going to happen next? ...

GP-5 Super Sport Racer Debuts at Reno from Planenews Aviation News 
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. ...

Snowbirds make refueling stop - Great Falls Tribune
Snowbirds were seen heading south through Great Falls on Thursday morning — a few months earlier than usual.
No, it wasn't the retired Montanans who flee the snow for Arizona during the winter. Rather, 11 Canadian Forces pilots who are part of the Snowbirds aviation demonstration teams landed their CT-114 Tutor jets at Great Falls International Airport while en route to a weekend air show in Reno, Nev. ...

Fresh from the rumor mill!!! from www.nemesisnxt.com
A juicy rumor is flying around the Reno Air Race pits this year! It claims that the World Speed Record holder, 15 time Reno National Champion, Jon Sharp isn’t at the races due to poor health. On the contrary! The “kidney”, formerly known as Patricia’s, is doing great! ...

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