Lefty down low

[Race 22 Crew]

Not much room for even Skip to try and go lower.... Reno '84


Warren

[Propellerhead]

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Holy Schmitt!

[wolfee]

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Seen him get lower!

I seem to remember a hole in the wing tip once.

Now that is low

[Sky Critter]

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I believe the announcer last year mentioned that the top of the "R" in "RENO" is about 40 feet.

[aerojock]

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Same pass from different angle.

Aero

[AirDOGGe]

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Looks like Lefty was huntin' Jackrabbits that day

[440_Magnum]

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Seen him get lower!

I seem to remember a hole in the wing tip once.

"Bird strike." Or was it a jackrabbit? With barbed wire around its ears... :-P

Its a rare pilot who has a better sense of where the aircraft was and what it is doing than Lefty. The Skyfire video that was (is?) on the White Lightnin' site is a perfect example. Beautiful flying.

[BadIdea]

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My neighbor took this pic years ago.

[Bill Marsh]

Catus strike.........?

Was on a warbird racer site many years ago.... any body got it?

bm

[supercub]

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Those are great pics......Remember back around 1969 when Greenamayer was disqualified from racing and another pilot (can't remember his name) flew Conquest 1. That was the lowest I think I've ever seen anyone fly. If I remember right he won but was disqualified for flying to low.

[aerojock]

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LOOK OUT DUDE! HE'S GOING TO GUNS!!!!!

[Bill@Interstell]

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.Remember back around 1969 when Greenamayer was disqualified from racing and another pilot (can't remember his name) flew Conquest 1. That was the lowest I think I've ever seen anyone fly. If I remember right he won but was disqualified for flying to low.

Can't say as I do. Anyone remember this? I do remeber DG quiting racing over a disqualification for fly on the crowd side of the deadline.

[AirDOGGe]

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Seen him get lower!

I seem to remember a hole in the wing tip once.

Now that is low

That was 1981, the first year I went to the Reno air races. It's mentioned in Gentlemen, you have a race by John Tegler (Page 359, first paragraph)

There was some wood found in the hole that "looked suspiciously like part of a fence post."

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[Race 29]

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The guy who filled in for Greenamayer was Bob Laidlaw. Yes, he was disqualified for flying too low.

Am I a geek now?

Race 29

[MRussell]

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Same pass from different angle.

Aero

Which Mustang is that?