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Air races presses case for special events license

Reno Gazette-Journal - Jan 20, 2012
• The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority special committee on air racing will hold its next meeting at 2:30 pm Feb. 2 to review a report by staff and legal counsel on the air race. • °The 2012 Reno National Championship Air Race is scheduled for Sept. 12-16. ...

Reno air races will go on in September

San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 5, 2012
Mike Houghton, head of the Reno Air Racing Association, said it's "way too early" to say whether there will be changes to the format of the event scheduled for Sept. 12-16 at Reno-Stead Airport. But he said the association is enlisting a panel of ...

Despite Reno crash, aviation groups say US air races are safe

Los Angeles Times - Jan 10, 2012
Mike Houghton, president of the Reno Air Racing Assn., which has operated the national championship since 1964, said the organization certifies pilots for the race, reviews the aircraft involved, provides training for pilots and provides emergency ...

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Fly Low Fly Fast: Inside the Reno Air Races

by: Robert Gandt
This first-ever insider foray into the world's fastest and most dangerous aviation sport is as thrilling as Ernest Gann's classic Fate Is the Hunter or Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff

In Fly Low, Fly Fast, Robert Gandt takes us into the high-risk world of airplane racing, chronicling the 1997 and 1998 championships at the Reno Air Races, attended every year by more than 100,000 spectators and featured on scores of web sites. Flying wingtip to wingtip around pylons at 500 mph, just feet above the sagebrush, Reno's killing machines are piloted by an adrenaline-addicted, type-A elite whose big talent and big egos spawn a hundred stories.
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Wet Wings & Drop Tanks: Recollections of American Transcontinental Air Racing 1928-1970

by: Birch J. Matthews
Here is a unique, revealing, one-of-a-kind book about many of the personalities, pilot, and aircraft involved in major transcontinental races across the United States from 1928-1970. Cross-country unlimited class events-including non-stop air derbies of t
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Race with the Wind: How Air Racing Advanced Aviation

by: Birch Matthews
In the decades leading up to World War II, legendary air races were often the proving grounds for radical new aviation principles and designs. The people and machines of air racing during this period made tremendous strides and contributed incredible new technologies, aerodynamics, powerplants, and airframes. This unique look at the key players and aircraft in all the early 20th century's great air races examines and explains how innovative racing technologies found their way into future fighter and passenger aircraft.
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Trophy for Eagles

by: Walter J. Boyne
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Colonel Walter J. Boyne, coauthor of The Wild Blue, here explores the golden age of aviation: the years from 1927 to 1937, when flying airplanes developed from an art to a craft and building them evolved from a craft to an industry. While peopled with historical characters such as Lindbergh, Howard Hughes and Ernst Udet, the relationship between two pilots, American Frank Bandfield and expatriate German Bruno Hafner, is at the novel's heart; their rivalry is the thread on which Boyne strings his vignettes.
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Unlimited Air Racer 'Voodoo' Heat 3A with mayday landing.

This was the second heat race for the Gold racers during the Reno National Championship Air Races. Voodoo with Will Whiteside at the controls was third from the poll and quickly jumped into second behind Strega at the start of the race, just before going around pylon 4 on lap 4 Voodoo's engine broke a valve, Will used his speed and turned it into altitude so he could position himself for a mayday landing on runway 14. For more info on Voodoo air racing, checkout www.voodooairracing.com

 

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Giant Scale R/C Air Racing: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

THE Aviation place: www.kbvp.com From full out air racing to mid-air and landing mishaps, this video presents a look at Giant Scale Radio Control Air Racing. These planes are BIG and can weigh up to thirty pounds and have a wing span over eight feet. The cost to built these monsters can range from five to fifteen thousand dollars! Just like their full scale counterparts, these teams and pilots are dedicated to winning. The action in the air is very tense with speeds approaching 150 mph and just a few feet from the ground. The G forces on the scale planes are so high that structural failures occur. A 30 pound plane can weigh near a 1000 pounds in the turn! These are experienced pilots, but things do go wrong. From take off to landing, these planes require the utmost in skill to win.

 

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Reason at 0:55 Nevada air racing crash 2011.

The plane, flown by a 74-year-old veteran Hollywood stunt pilot, then slammed into the tarmac in front of VIP box seats and blew to pieces The pilot and two spectators were killed and more than 50 were injured amid a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris.Authorities said it appears a mechanical failure with the P-51 Mustang — a class of fighter plane that can fly in excess of 500 mph — was to blame. Some credit the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, with preventing the crash from being far more deadly.Video and photos of the crash were captured by several people in the stands, and the horrific images

 

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California 1000 Unlimited Class Air Race

Air racing history! On November 15th 1970, 20 planes entered the California 1000 air race in Mojave California. The race was 1000 miles in total: 66 laps around a 15 mile track. Planes that flew in the race ranged from P51 mustangs to a DC7 named "super snoopy" flown by Clay Lacy.

 

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100 Years Of Air Racing

The history of air racing is 100 years old. This video shows how the sports was developed early in the 20th century and how it has grown to a global motorsport, called the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.