Help me out here Joseph and everyone.
I was bothered by the fact that I could not remember Estrada’s Thunder Mustang. I spent some time thinking hard about TM’s early race history, and below is how I recall it. Please correct me where I am wrong.
1996 – Green TM (Race 25) at Reno, but it has not flown yet.
1997 – Green TM (Race 25), flown by Dave Morss, fails to make the field as an Unlimited (no Sport Class yet).
1998 – Green TM is lost before Reno. Tommy Rose’s (soon to be) red TM (as Race 25) is present at Reno, but the aircraft has not been completed (1st year of the Sport Class).
1999 – Tommy Rose competes in the Red TM (now Race 3).
2000 – Lou Meyer is now in the red TM (now Race 69). Estrada’s TM is not at Reno in 2000. Parker's TM is not finished.
2001 – No red TM, but Estrada’s Blue TM (flown by Lou Meyer as Race 69) is there, and Parker has finished his TM (Race 351). Parker has a gear failure, but repairs the a/c in time to compete. Races are cancelled because of 9/11. I was not at Reno this year which is probably why I have no recollection of Estrada’s TM.
2002 – Parker’s is the lone TM and stays this way for several years. Rose is lost in a Questair Venture.
Thanks,
I was bothered by the fact that I could not remember Estrada’s Thunder Mustang. I spent some time thinking hard about TM’s early race history, and below is how I recall it. Please correct me where I am wrong.
1996 – Green TM (Race 25) at Reno, but it has not flown yet.
1997 – Green TM (Race 25), flown by Dave Morss, fails to make the field as an Unlimited (no Sport Class yet).
1998 – Green TM is lost before Reno. Tommy Rose’s (soon to be) red TM (as Race 25) is present at Reno, but the aircraft has not been completed (1st year of the Sport Class).
1999 – Tommy Rose competes in the Red TM (now Race 3).
2000 – Lou Meyer is now in the red TM (now Race 69). Estrada’s TM is not at Reno in 2000. Parker's TM is not finished.
2001 – No red TM, but Estrada’s Blue TM (flown by Lou Meyer as Race 69) is there, and Parker has finished his TM (Race 351). Parker has a gear failure, but repairs the a/c in time to compete. Races are cancelled because of 9/11. I was not at Reno this year which is probably why I have no recollection of Estrada’s TM.
2002 – Parker’s is the lone TM and stays this way for several years. Rose is lost in a Questair Venture.
Thanks,
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