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    I was browsing some pictures and couldn't help but notice that one of the racers qualifying was an Edge 540 aerobatic aircraft. Is there a class of such racers, or was this an exception?

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    Sport Class

    Home of the Sport Class that races during the annual Reno Air Races held in Reno Nevada.


    Don

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    • #3
      Anyone rember Bud Granley's Airshow Act in RACE 11
      MISS AMERICA?

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        Anyone rember Bud Granley's Airshow Act in RACE 11, MISS "A"

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        • #5
          You mean the slow flight , barnstormer routine that usually included a HAMMERHEAD? Yes, I do remember.
          Chris...

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            Slow flight-Hammer heads-4-8-16 & 32 Point Rolls-One Wheel
            Touch and Goes to a Touch and Go on the opposite wheel-
            Landing out of a loop...FUN-FUN- FUN !!!

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              I SHOULD HAVE SAID ONE WHEEL TOUCH AND GOES WITH A "ROLL"
              TO A TOUCH AND GO ON THE OPPOSITE WHEEL

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              • #8
                Bud's Miss A Show

                I saw Bud's "Miss America" show at Abbottsford- WOW!!!!!

                Speaking of Mustang aerobatics-

                I will NEVER forget Bob Love's slow roll on take off,
                and low pass with flaps down kicking up dust!!!!!! RG
                Last edited by RandyGoss75; 02-26-2004, 12:10 PM.
                Warlock #75, Steve Ballard, Al "Papa" Goss
                RIP 03/17/10

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                • #9
                  Yeah, I saw the Dwarf do the aero routine at Abbottsford too...to the theme from Chariots of Fire. Still get chills thinking about it.

                  But Bud's routine wasn't NEARLY as pretty as Howie's Abbottsford performance a few years earlier. Saw it happen. Ooooh, look at all the pretty sparks. That event even inspired one of John Lear's 'spoofs' about the Col. going Air Racing in an issue of Air Classics.

                  "I finally bagged one, after ALL THESE YEARS!"

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                  • #10
                    Mustang Acro

                    Robb Satterfield's routine in "Miss Torque" at ecnomy cruise power settings was spectacular as well!!

                    Hey Speed-dee-man,

                    Did you see the Vulcan do a roll at Abbottsford?? RG
                    Warlock #75, Steve Ballard, Al "Papa" Goss
                    RIP 03/17/10

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                    • #11
                      For as many times as I saw the Vulcan, I don't think I recall ever seeing it roll. I DO remember some incredibly loud, fast/slow, low performances though. I'd never seen an airplane take up so much 'space' in the sky before. Lots of black smoke too.

                      And in Canada, you didn't have the FAA regs for flying over the crowd. Humina, humina, humina........ah, the good old days.

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                      • #12
                        The al-u-min-e-um overcast Vulcan rolled in Aug '77 at Abbotsford. Who knew then that it was so special?

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                        • #13
                          That '77 show was great...not only the Vulcan's roll and low level
                          antics but CLEM BOOZENSTIEN flying up the place with loops,
                          rolls, and flat turns in a Cub.
                          Speeddemmon..the lowest roll with a P-51 (without sparks) as you say would belong to FRANK SAUNDERS with his takeoff roll
                          in his P-51 at the very hot Sunday show in 1965.
                          The local airport fieldmice still talk of how their ancestors had to
                          scurry to get out of the way of Franks rudder!!!!!!

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                          • #14
                            At Madera on August 21, 1993, Dennis Sanders did an aerobatic routine in Dreadnought. It was pretty spectacular, went down hill a lot faster than 924 of course. It was a very unusual deal that probably wasn't done before or after. 924 was out of order and it was pre Argonaut.

                            John

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                              Sanders Acro

                              John, I remember that well- Dennis was on his way to Madera in 924, and lost a mag- so he turned around and got #8.

                              He did the same show that he would have flown in 924-
                              vertical rolls and all!! VERY cool.........RG
                              Warlock #75, Steve Ballard, Al "Papa" Goss
                              RIP 03/17/10

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