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"Too-HOT!!!-to Trot".... (-When Good Race Motors Go Bad)
With every type of competitive racing motorsport action, we see race engines being routinely-pushed to & far-beyond their designed limits. What seperates Air Racing from all other motorsports is- The Third Dimension.
When insidious gremlins undermine an air racer's powerplant & 'things go to hell-in-a-handbasket' in a hurry,-race pilots call upon their keen flying skills & well-practiced mayday landing procedures, to get themselves safely-back down onto the nearest-available runway.
Many thousands of hours & dollars go into the development of a fine-tuned race-preparing engine. When one decides to- 'go south', it's not always due to failure of a key internal component-sometimes a cheap inexpensive part can be the culprit.
Whatever the case, air racers must be prepared for any situation that might confront them, whilst flying their airplanes. Air race pilots are some of the very best in aviation & watching them perform w/their aircraft out on the racecourse or while handling emergencies, is truly-impressive & awe-inspiring.
Mon. 9/8/03-UNL Qualifying & Practice Session #1- First photo shows Michael Brown & his Hawker Super Sea Fury- #232 'September Fury' going by Outer 7 Pylon during setup Lap 3 for their race team's Q-Run attempt. The next two sequence shots capture #232 running very fast along the racecourse's 'V-O-S' on Lap 6,-during the middle of the Q-Run for the clock, when the racer's R-3350 blew-up in big fashion. Brown did a super job of executing an exciting textbook mayday emergency landing to save the situation, but was out of the competition f/Reno '03.
WOW! Great Flying, MIKE!!!
DBDLast edited by BuckyD; 05-30-2010, 01:34 PM.
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Someone parked those ugly cars right in front of the Buick.Last edited by BaylesScott; 05-09-2010, 05:45 PM.
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"Wild Blue Yonder!"...
Vintage June '85 hand-held pic- shot from the bow hatch of Westflight Aviation Grumman JRF-6B Goose N72PR (s/n-1164), during pilot Randy Lanfell's climbout after takeoff from WF Ketchikan, Alaska company seadrome.
My old pal & noted Japanese aviation photo-journalist- Yukio Nagai, is ridin' in the copilot's seat during his Alaska visit. That's Nichols Passage & Dixon Entrance to the open Pacific Ocean in the distant background.
"Comin' By Grumman!"
DBDLast edited by BuckyD; 05-13-2010, 09:19 AM.
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Hope that's not Jerry Duty's dog.....
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Originally posted by BuckyD View Post"Ramped-Up 4 Racin'..."
Reno NCAR-Thur. 9/11/80- Gonna reprise this vintage early a.m. Reno '80 Buck Shot, 'cuz it reminds me of some great times from back then,-while also sparkin' my anticipation f/another approaching September race week.
DBD
I sincerely hope you know how much you are appreciated!Wayne Sagar
"Pusher of Electrons"
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Ridge Runner III @ Reno '09
The 8th USAAF's 4th FG is my favorite WW2 Mustang outfit & everytime I get to watch Dan Martin race his beautiful P-51D "Ridge Runner III"- painted-up in tribute of Maj. Pierce McKennon's famous fighter, I'm in absolute-'hog heaven'!
Here's a mini-gallery of Race #20 pics from last year's Reno NCAR (L-R/Top-down):
First two shots show Dan 'greasin' her in' on his arrival landing Sun. 9/13/09, w/a good profile of RRIII. Then a trio of pics from Sat. 9/19- an early a.m. runup fm Martin's dawn patrol test flight, & two of his crew workin' away on the P51 just before sundown. Last two Outer 4 Pylon race shots are from Sunday's 9/20 Gold Championship final.
"GO RIDGE RUNNER III!"
DBDLast edited by BuckyD; 01-06-2014, 12:54 PM.
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' BIG Battle for BRONZE '. . .
RACE: Sun. 9/18/88-UNL Bronze Final- This vintage archive pic captures a 'Fury-ous' running-battle f/position goin' on around old Outer 6 & down along the Valley of Speed,-between the Hawker Sea Furies of Robert Lamplough (#232), Dennis Sanders (#924), John Muszala (#20 Cottonmouth) & C. J. Stephens (#16 Baby Gorilla).
Bud Granley flying P-51D #51 & Lefty Gardner's P-38 #13 White Lightnin' (& Fred Sebby in P-40N #17 Spud Lag behind Lefty & not yet in the pic) are trailing them. Race leader- Gary Levitz flying P-51D #38 Miss Ashley won this 8-lap Bronze hands-down @ 381.347-av/mph. But what a battle f/2nd-place!!!
THAT's- 'GREAT RACING!!!'
DBDLast edited by BuckyD; 05-22-2010, 02:27 PM.
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Chock-full of- 'Fast-Flying FUN'. . .
After waiting another whole year,-it's always a joyful experience to find myself standing amidst a pit full of racers & airshow birds at the Reno Air Races each September & knowing the fun-meter's gonna get a good workout again.
DBDLast edited by BuckyD; 05-22-2010, 10:05 PM.
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