Dago Red

[Mluvara]

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Scotty has a good gallery of Dago build photos from Pete Law here:

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/NewGallery/DagoRedBuilding/index.html

Michael

[SkyvanDelta]

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If the pilot were to exit the plane while in flight (eject/bail out), is the canopy designed to stay attached or fall away from the plane?

When I first clicked on the thread, it started at page 4, only later did I see that there are a total of 4 pages. So the canopy I'm thinking of is the tilt canopy. Has anyone else noticed this?

[SkyvanDelta]

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I'm confused. Are these pictures old AND present? When were these taken?

After reviewing these photos, it appears, based on the shoes the men are wearing, that they are 20-30 years old?

[Mluvara]

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That's correct, they are from the original build up in the early 80's and likely a bit after.

[MIKE NIXON]

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The Canopy left with an upward move which missed the tail by 3 or 4 feet.

I didn't leave racing, I just spent a few years helping the new kids in the bronze and silver races. We had 5 engines in the bronze '05 and a few more in the silver. Joe T got 418 or 419 in the silver around that time. Having dinner at a normal time was a real perk during those years!

[Race 29]

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I actually wore this shirt on stage in '87-'88! The chicks dug it!! REPRESENTIN'!!!!

Race 29

[AlisoBob]

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One of my prized possesions....

[mgbf4u]

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I miss ya'll. Wayne especially. Thanks for the pics and memories.
Makes me think of a Hayes Carl song...
"A Bad Liver and a Broken Heart"
Insert Nevada for Arkansas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoBLJcILpR8
Hey Erler

[Shawn Aro]

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Taken in 1984 Dago well done Shawn

[MIKE NIXON]

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shows what happens when the prop kisses the ground a few times.
That story will be in my book someday.
Rick did an amazing job of saving the aircraft that day.

[Samuel]

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[invader28]

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Thanks for posting Samuel!!

[N29131]

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Wonder workers -- The 2008 crew.

Thank you all. It was a good run...



Photo by Birgitta

That checkered rudder is from Ted Contri's mustang "Sizzlin Liz". I hadn't seen these pics before of Dago carrying Ted's rudder. Does anyone know the story behind why a rudder had to be borrowed?

[Big_Jim]

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That checkered rudder is from Ted Contri's mustang "Sizzlin Liz". I hadn't seen these pics before of Dago carrying Ted's rudder. Does anyone know the story behind why a rudder had to be borrowed?

Busted trim tab on the Dago rudder, IIRC.

[Smee Again]

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Dan lost the rudder trim tab during Friday's heat race, and despite the tab being found and returned to us in the pits, the rudder was no longer useable. So, up stepped one of the kindest, most generous men you're ever likely to meet, Mr. Ted Contri. Ted was kind enough to let us borrow the rudder from his Carson City-based Sizzlin' Liz to keep us racing through the weekend, and thus the red and white checkerboard was added. Thanks again, Ted! A true gentleman!

SA