Reno Update - 9/18/2010

Reno Air Races Offers Live Internet Stream - KTVN
You can now listen to the roar of this year's Air Races without even leaving home! Live streaming is available. Live streaming is available today until 4 PM ...


Watch live video stream from Reno Air Races from RGJ.com
See the action live from the National Championship Air Races & Air Show. Video will stream until 4 p.m. today, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Crowds Pack Reno Air Races - KOLO
It's a feeling die-hard fans live for; “It's a very exciting thing. There are airplanes all around you, behind you, above you, in front of you,” says Chuck ...

Speed: 500 MPH. Altitude: 50 Feet. Feeling: Amazing. - Wired
Air racing had been one of the most popular spectator sports before World War II, drawing hundreds of thousands of people to events nationwide. ...

Learjet 45 XR Jet Sets the Pace for Reno Air Racers from AVIATION-NEWS 
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that its Learjet 45 XR demonstrator aircraft is the official pace plane for the 47th annual National Championship Air Races, which are taking place from September 15 to 19 in Reno, Nevada. “This is a Learjet pilot’s dream come true,” said Rick Rowe, Chief Pilot, Learjet Flight Operations, Bombardier Business Aircraft. [...]

More Updates from Team Relentless - Kevin Eldredge
Here is a shot of the fire team seconds after the dead-stick of the WEEK!! A small fire did start after landing in the cowling from the oil on the hot turbos but was extinguished quickly by the ground...

Reno – Day Two from aroundthepattern.com
One big advantage of being a Stead tenant during the races is that I can drive right to my hangar and avoid the crowded parking lots and long walk to one of the entrance gates. I normally park on one side of the hangar and ...

Reno – Day Three from aroundthepattern.com 
Today was another day spent mostly in the hangar. There has been a lot of interest shown in the Champ project that we have for sale. That meant that I spent a lot of time answering questions and watching people inspect what we have on display.
I did venture out a couple of times for unlimited heat races – you can’t ignore the sound of those big engines screaming around the course.  The gold heat was won easily by Strega – who slowed down to about 415 mph on the last lap (still averaging 465 mph) , a speed that was easier on the engine yet fast enough to ...

Brown again breaks speed record at Reno Air Races from GlobalAir.com 
Curt Brown again broke his own record this week for fastest speed at the Reno Air Races. The former NASA shuttle pilot hit 543.568 mph in his L-29.
“I just wanted to go a little faster this year,” he said.