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Images of Air Racing Aircraft
  • Piloted by Shuttle Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson the Hawker Sea Fury Race 99, "Riff Raff," flies down the "Valley of Speed" during an Unlimited Class heat race at the 2006 Reno National Championship Air Races. Robert finished a strong 4th place overall in the 2006 event. Photographed 09/06
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  • A Grumman F7F Tigercat owned by Mike Brown is taxied along the ramp prior to departure from Stead Field in Nevada after the conclusion of the 2007 Reno National Championship Air Races. There were 364 of the twin engined fighters built during World War II, and shortly thereafter, of which there are six that are still considered airworthy. Originally Grumman had been contracted to build 500 of the aircraft for use by the US Marine Corps to be used as close air support of the landing operations that were planned in the Pacific. Photographed 09/07
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  • Mike Brown's colorful Hawker built Sea Fury "September Pops" is taxied along the ramp at Stead Field, Nevada. The British built aircraft was originally delivered to the German Air Force in 1959 and was brought to the United States in 1985. It was re-built in 1997 and has raced at the Reno Air Races regularly since then. Photographed 09/07
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  • Stuart Eberhardt taxies his North American Aviation built P-51 Mustang "Merlin's Magic" along the ramp at Stead Field, Nevada. The Mustang is considered by many to be the premier fighter of World War II. Stuart has campaigned Merlin's Magic at the Reno National Championship Air Races regularly since purchasing the aircraft in 1986. Photographed 09/07
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  • Air Race Pilot Rick Vandam pulls his L-39 Albatross towards the heavens as John Penney, Albatross Race 2, Rich Sugden, T2-B Buckeye Race 00, and Phil Fogg, Albatross Race 8 maintain the missing man formation in honor of fellow race pilot Brad Morehouse who was killed in a racing accident at the Annual Reno National Championship Air Races in Nevada on September 13, 2007. Photographed at Stead Field in Nevada, site of the Reno Air Races, on 9/16/07
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  • A Goodyear built F2G-1 Super Corsair, piloted by Bob Odegaard, taxies along the ramp at Stead Field in Nevada following the 2007 Reno Air Races. BuNo 88458 was restored and is now owned by Bob Odegaard. The aircraft was previously owned by Cook Cleland and raced in the Tinnerman and Thompson Trophy Races in the 1940's following World War II. Photographed 09/07
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  • A highly modified P-51D Mustang, owned by Ron Buccerelli and named "Precious Metal," taxies along the ramp at Stead Field in Nevada following the 2007 Reno Air Races. Modified for racing the standard Rolls Royce Merlin motor has been replaced by a Rolls Royce Griffon motor that includes contra rotating propellers as well as a smaller canopy. Photographed 09/07
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  • Ray Diekman taxies a Grumman built F8F Bearcat along the ramp at Stead Field in Nevada. The Bearcat was designed as an interceptor with a high rate of climb to counter the Japanese kamikaze threat. The first Bearcat squadron became operational in May of 1945 but World War II ended before the aircraft saw combat service. It was largely replaced as a front line fighter with the arrival of jets prior to the beginning of the Korean War. Their were 1,126 Bearcats produced of which approximately 11 airworthy examples remain. Photographed 09/07
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  • Tom Camp taxies a General Motors built FM-2 Wildcat along the ramp at Stead Field, Nevada. Grumman Aircraft originally designed the plane in 1935 and was the first all-metal, carrier launched, monoplane fighter purchased by the U.S. Navy. Though it was outclassed by faster and more maneverable Japanese aircraft the little fighter performed well until more advanced replacements arrived. Photographed 09/07
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  • Tom Camp makes a pass down the flightline in a General Motors built FM-2 Wildcat during the California Capital Airshow in March of 2006. Grumman Aircraft originally designed the plane in 1935 and was the first all-metal, carrier launched, monoplane fighter purchased by the U.S. Navy. Though it was outclassed by faster and more maneverable Japanese aircraft the little fighter performed well until more advanced replacements arrived. Photographed 03/06
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  • The Grumman built XF8F-1 Bearcat, owned and piloted by Howard Pardue, taxies along the ramp at Stead Field in Nevada following the 2007 Reno Air Races. BuNo 88458 is one of the first two prototypes ordered by the U.S. Navy in 1943. The Bearcat entered the Navy's air squadrons to late to see action in World War II and was quickly replaced by jets as a front line fighter in the years immediately following the war. Photographed 09/07
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  • Owner and pilot Mike Brown flies his highly modified Hawker Sea Fury "September Fury" into the Valley of Speed during the 2006 Reno Championship Air Races. September Fury took the 2006 Unlimited Championship with a speed of 481.619 mph over the 67.29 mile course. Photographed 09/06
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  • Owned and piloted by Stewart Dawson, Spirit of Texas-Race 105, races through the Valley of Speed during the 2006 Reno Championship Air Races. Stewart piloted the Hawker Sea Fury to a fifth place finish with a speed of 428.759 mph around the 67.29 mile course in the Gold Unlimited Championship race. Photographed 09/06
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  • Mike Brown's F7F Tigercat, Big Bossman-Race 1, races through the Valley of Speed during the 2006 Reno National Championship Air Races. Brown piloted Big Bossman to a sixth place finish with a speed of 362.388 mph around the 50.33 mile course in the Unlimited Silver Championship race. Photographed 09/06
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  • Mike Brown pilots his Grumman built F7F Tigercat around the pylons in an Unlimited Class Silver Heat Race at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races. Mike Brown's Tigercat is one of only 4 of the World War II era fighters that are currently flying in the world.
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  • Sherman Smoot flies the Unlimited Air Racer Czech Mate during heat races at the Reno National Championship Air Races held annually at Stead Field, Nevada. Czech Mate, a modified Yak 11 powered by a Pratt & Whitney R2800 Radial Engine , finished 4th in the Gold Unlimited Finals with a speed of 424.517 mph
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  • The 2008 Gold Unlimited Champion 'Strega,' piloted by Bill 'Tiger' Destafani sits on the ramp at Stead Field Nevada after finishing first in the 2008 Unlimited Gold Finals. Strega, a modified North American Aviation P-51D Mustang powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, finished 1st for the seventh time in its illustrious career.
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  • The 2008 Gold Unlimited Champion 'Strega,' piloted by Bill 'Tiger' Destafani sits on the ramp at Stead Field Nevada after finishing first in the 2008 Unlimited Gold Finals. Strega, a modified North American Aviation P-51D Mustang powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, finished 1st for the seventh time in its illustrious career.
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  • Bill 'Tiger' Destafani pilots the P-51D Mustang 'Strega' during heat races at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races held annually at Stead Field, Nevada. Strega, a modified North American Aviation P-51D Mustang powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, finished 1st for the seventh time in its illustrious career.
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  • Bill 'Tiger' Destafani taxies the P-51D Mustang 'Strega' after taking the Gold Unlimited Championship at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races held annually at Stead Field, Nevada. Strega, a modified North American Aviation P-51D Mustang powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, finished first for the seventh time in its illustrious career.
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  • Owned by the Sanders family and piloted by Matt Jackson Race 8, Dreadnought, heads into the Valley of Speed during the 2006 Reno Championship Air Races. Matt piloted the modified Hawker Sea Fury to a second place finish with a speed of 453.559 mph over 67.29 miles in the Unlimited Gold Championship race. Photographed 09/06
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  • Owner and pilot Mike Brown taxies the highly modified Hawker Sea Fury "September Fury" after finishing third in the 2008 Unlimited Gold Championship Race of the the 2008 Reno Championship Air Races. September Fury is a previous National Champion when it finished first in the 2006 with a speed of 481.619 mph over the 67.29 mile course.
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  • Owner and pilot Mike Brown pilots the highly modified Hawker Sea Fury "September Fury" into the Valley of Speed during an Unlimited Heat Race while competing in the 2008 Reno Championship Air Races. September Fury is a previous National Champion when it finished first in the 2006 with a speed of 481.619 mph over the 67.29 mile course.
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  • Race #12, "The Rebel," a stock P-51D Mustang flown by Doug Matthews of Wellington, Florida turns the prop while on the tarmac prior to a race at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, Nevada. Matthews, a rookie in 2008, flew the Rolls Royce Merlin powered fighter to a second place finish in the Bronze class with a speed of 350.290 MPH on the 50.12 mile course.
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  • Race #12, "The Rebel," a stock P-51D Mustang flown by Doug Matthews of Wellington, Florida sits on the tarmac prior to a race at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, Nevada. Matthews, a rookie in 2008, flew the Rolls Royce Merlin powered fighter to a second place finish in the Bronze class with a speed of 350.290 MPH on the 50.12 mile course.
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