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2012
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Birgitta has a really good eye
2014 Heebee "Gee Bee".
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John-Curtiss in the office...
... and the Dread Sled ...
Will miss Dennis and the team's Reno Air Race spirit.
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Reno 09/10/19 Quals [URL="https://kennsmithf2g.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Reno-2019/Reno-2019-Biplane/2019-Reno-Biplane-76/i-KzQGVBK/A"]
Love the doors with roll down windows.
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It was a Bell Modified P39 flown by Alvin"Tex" Johnson that won the 1946 Thompson Trophy @ the Cleveland National Air Races & I was there.
And that fact my friend, SIR! is what makes it feel very special that this website allows you to share your experiences with a generation that might not have been exposed to you, had I not started this site....Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockheed Bob
Bob, we gotta talk! You are a book or three!
PM me your phone number I just had a huge brain fart!
2009 - Sure miss the Fat Albert JATO take-off.
Maybe some day they will find a lost stash of JATO rockets :cool:
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That is a great scene and one I hope to repeat with the T-Birds in 2021.Quote:
Originally Posted by Desertdawg
2016 - Section 3 - Orange
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2014 - Warbird pits.
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Clouds...
Splendid shot!Quote:
Originally Posted by wingman
X2 - the reflection is perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Air Boss
Thank you. Reflections are cool, and that smooth Sport Class surface is great for this stuff.
One of the things I'm most thankful for is the access that being associated with AAFO.COM has given me over the years. I just happened on a folder of photos that I believe I took specifically to present to Air and Space Smithsonian from the shooting of Thunder over Reno (the movie)
I have one that is truly a treasure to me.. It's of Lyle Shelton sitting in the airplane that he'd allowed someone else to fly (Ron Buccarelli) we asked him for a "pose" and, as always, Lyle was game! Guys like Lyle, Jimmy, Tiger... a bunch of guys really opened doors for me during the time that AAFO.COM was very active (meaning, I didn't hurt all the time and had energy to pursue the story!!)
I don't know if we'll ever see anyone with more balls than the guy in this photo! I can only imagine what it must have been like pushing Rare Bear so far beyond realistic limits, not to mention, around a bunch of other airplanes at 50' over the deck at the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show!!!!!
Just realized after it took me nearly 20 minutes to figure out how to size and brand the photo in order to upload it... I learned Photoshop and later did pretty well with CS2 (what I used today) I have just about forgotten EVERYTHING that I know regarding making and maintaining a website!!!
I can't even do the simplest tasks in Photoshop! Well, obviously, I can but, it used to be soooooo easy, second nature and I had batch files that would do a whole folder (branding and such) with my settings.... I guess I just remembered that, so maybe with practice???????
I have a lot of early demntia symptoms... mostly, memory loss! SUCKS!
Lyle was very approachable. Our sport needs more guys like him.Quote:
Originally Posted by AAFO_WSagar
Thanks for sharing young man.
The most important old age attribute to retain is, opening a beer bottle and wiping your own butt. After that I can go with the flow:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by AAFO_WSagar
All my home media is Mac based, movies, home videos, music and photos. To share photos from Photos I export JPEG Quality - High and Size is - Large.
When I used Photoshop 1000 x 1000 size worked well.
Hope this helps.
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Dawgie, the only thing that's going help me is, first, getting ALL of my dispersed hard drives (kind of behind on the move and was not really in that good of shape to start as far as drive organization I'm farked!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Desertdawg
I guess we're not completely off topic and if anyone wants me to move this exchange to a sub section... lemme know! I don't want to distract from the theme of the thread... though, once I get all this done, I'll be contributing as well!!
Anyway, we are now at about a hundred and a half for a 1tb external SSD drive, my plan is to dig up my immensely heavy five mechanical drive (full size drives) array that I used to lug around with me so I had access to archives, should I need them, and transfer copies of everything I've ever saved, on every single stupid drive (I have far too many in boxes that I can not remember what is on them) deep breath... anyway...
That's the plan.
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So this was big time Air Racing. A two time world champion Racer (and finished first in a third), a bunch of young guys, and a dilapidated ex-WWII airfield.
I wonder what Robbie is saying, that has everyone's attention.
I truly can not imagine a RENO without a meeting greeting with Dave Morss!
What a Bulldog!
He's just ALWAYS there, flying SOMETHING I would say chasing the trophy, or the prize money but that's not what drives Dave, like every other racer at RENO, he is there to fly whatever he's flying, as fast as anyone possibly can fly it...
THAT is what RENO is about!
Thanks Dave!!!
Always one of the great all time race projects. What a good looking racer.
this year mkes the first sept since 1980 that i havevnt gone around a pylon but i still log on aafo every mornQuote:
Originally Posted by AAFO_WSagar
its addicting
dave
Nice view on the ramp, close to the action.
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Very happy to see that you're still here keeping an eye on us Dave!! Thank you!!Quote:
Originally Posted by morss
2018 Sport Class Pits
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Stumbled into the time machine and found Strega at Minter in 1985 (I think). If the camera angle seems low, it is because I was about four feet tall at the time.
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2016 - The trophies on display :cool:
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2017 - Photo op and wing load test. :cool:
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2014 - Couple sport plane ramp shots.
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Just foolin' around...
The Notso Furias:cool::cool:
Jelly Belly and the robo tug. :cool:
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2013 - Strega Special Thanks
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Just wanted to send out a quick "Thank you" to everyone posting pictures on this thread. It really does improve the day!:thumbsup:
2008
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