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10-13 "Aviation Nation Takes
Off" Aviation
Nation 2003, The Nellis Air Force
Base, Las Vegas Air Show, a big
title for a very big Air Show! A
wide selection of military and
civilian performers, an ever
growing selection of the most
amazing static aircraft displays,
and, best of all for Air Race
Fans... The largest gathering of
Raceplanes this side of the
National Championships! [click here for
desktop wallpaper] |
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Reno
Air Races 03 Updates On The
Hangar Talk Message Board
Bringing you the best of
the competition, on-site from the
2003 National Championship Air
Races at the Reno Stead Airport.
[click here for
photos, updates and race results] |
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Rare
Bear Qualifies in First Place
Tuesday's qualifying
session has John Penney flying
Lyle Shelton's Rare Bear to the
pole position at 495.039 MPH!
[click here for
story and photos] |
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Reno
Air Races 2003 Reports and Air
Race Photography
This section will be
updated with photos and features
from the 2003 National
Championship Air Races. Todays
Update: Sunday Practice Session.
[click here for
reports] |
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NemesisNXT
Reno 2003? "So Close"
So the big question.
Will the Sharp’s NemesisNXT
be racing at Reno this year? The
answer; "It’s so
close…but time has run out.
It’s so disappointing for
our team and sponsors",
comments Jon Sharp, builder and
pilot of the NemesisNXT.
[click here for
full press release] |
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R.A.G.S.
- Reno Air Race Grunts
Last year’s Air
Races saw the first meeting of
the Reno Air Race Grunts. In a
press release… ah, released
on August 27, the organizers of
the event… released…
the schedule for this year’s
event meeting.
[click here for
story and photos] |
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New
T-6 Entry Takes First Flight
Air Racing gets new
competitor. The much anticipated
Dwelle T-6 entry takes to the air
in Auburn, CA. August 20, 2002
marks the first time this WWII
trainer lifts into the air since
being retired by the US Navy in
1946. [click here for
story and photos] |
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RARA
Decision: John Parker Out For
2003 What
appears to be an unfortunate
airport tenant dispute has
resulted in what will likely be
one of the more controversial
stories of the 2003 racing
season. The Reno Air Racing
Association has decided not to
accept John Parker's two entries
for Reno 2003. [click here for
story] |
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Countdown
To Reno Air Races 2003 Once
again, we enter the annual thrash
to finish projects begun long
ago, the thrash to beat the entry
day deadline. It happens every
year. Months of hard work by Air
Race crewmembers from across the
country during the off-season for
this one-show-per-year corner of
the motorsport world culminate in
the "all-nighters" to
get ready for race day. [click here for
updates] |
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"Blue
Skies Forever Jim Wright"
Aviation has lost one of the
"best of the best." On
August 4, 2003, while returning
from the EAA AirVenture 2003
event in Oshkosh Wisconsin, Jim
Wright crashed in Yellowstone
Park, while apparently attempting
an emergency landing in his
wonderful Hughes Racer Replica. [click here for
memorial desktop wallpaper] |
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NemesisNXT
Working For Debut At 40th Reno
Air Races
"We’re
finishing up and delivering up
the parts for the fifth kit, we
have always not just been
building one airplane, we’ve
been building five," Sharp
said. With time running so short,
we asked Jon if the airplane
would be raced at Reno or simply
be on display, his answer,
"if we’re at Reno,
we’ll race", indicated
that they fully intend to be
there as competitors, not
vendors! [click here for
full story] |
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Pylon
School 2003 Photo Gallery Ready
for Reno 2003? The Reno Air
Racing Association's Pylon Racing
Seminar has been the vehicle for
training of racers and whetting
the whistle of fans for several
years, this year was no
different. We present a gallery
of images from PRS-2003. [click here for
gallery] |
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The
Doctor Is In The House
Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine Guru
Dwight Thorne is back in the
saddle and producing racing
engines again at his Gilroy,
California shop, Mystery Aire...
Dwight’s current project is
a completely rebuilt "Mouse
Motor" for the Dago Red Air
Racing Team
[click here for
full story] |
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Rare
Bear Pylon School Update Things
are heating up for the 2003 Reno
Air Races.... The Bear Is Back!
Read about the progress with this
Air Race team with this update by
team director, Sharon Coates.
[click here for
full story - outside link to
RareBear.Com] |
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Furias
Gets New Driver For 2003 Reno Air
Races
No question about it,
we're in Air Racing's "Silly
Season" again and the
changes, updates, rumors,
predictions and all of the rest
are beginning. Furias Air Racing
Team made it official today, Gary
Hubler gets the nod for pilot
duties at Reno 2003! [click here for
details] |
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Noise
Speed and Propellers —
Pylon Racing School
The morning of June 19th
will bring noise, speed and
propellers to the skies over
Stead. As the empty ramp awaits
fledgling racers, we will await
their true tests of airmanship.
This upcoming stellar group of
aviators will gather at
Reno-Stead Airport to begin yet
another challenge in their
aviation careers. [click here for
story by Steve Dilda] |
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Rare
Bear Air 2 Air Video
The date: April 9, 2003
The mission: Video Tape Rare
Bear! The dream assignment, air
to air for still and motion
captures of the "World's
Fastest Piston Engine
Airplane." We present here,
in nearly raw format, some of the
video produced on that day. [click here] |
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Hot
Fuel Testing: Rare Bear Update It's
getting closer and closer to
September and RENO! I'm sure Air
Race fans across the globe are
wondering what's up with
"Rare Bear"? In this
update posted on the Rare Bear
website, Sharon Coates fills us
in on the details.
[click here for
story OUTSIDE LINK TO
RAREBEAR.COM article] |
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Air
Racing History: White Lightnin' -
Ladd Gardner Interview
The incredible beauty
and excitement of Lefty Gardner
and "White Lightnin'"
can not be allowed to fade from
our collective memory. In this
interview with Ladd Gardner, we
explore not only Ladd's life with
Lefty and White Lightnin, we
learn of the plans to restore
this aviation treasure and how we
can help! Including a
breathtaking account of Ladd's
forced landing in "White
Lightnin'" after the 2001
engine fire. [click here for
story] |
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The
Amazing Mary D. Ever
wonder just who that pretty
blonde lady flying that big ol'
Blue T-6 was? In this feature by
Birgitta Nurmi, you'll find out
that there's much more to Mary
Dilda than a pretty face and nice
figure.. this woman is a
"pilot's pilot" with
the credentials to back it all
up!
[click here for
story and photo feature] |
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Las
Vegas Air Racing: A Message To
Fans From Bob Avery
Air Race history is
always in the making, last week
at the Nellis Air Show, an
historic event took place that
might well point in the direction
of things to come. WoW CEO, Bob
Avery talks to race fans in this
message: [click here for
story and photos] |
- Hughes
Racer Replica Photo Feature Sometimes
it seems that all the action in
classic aviation happens
"somewhere" else. With
this photo feature and another
coming soon, we learn that some
of the best "stuff" is
right in our own back yard. We
visit the Wright Machine Tool
Company Hughes Racer Replica! [click here for
feature]
- AirFest
2002 July 4 Update
Join us as we celebrate
our Fourth of July at the annual
Grass Valley Airshow, AirFest
2002. A little Air-2-Air, a
little Ground-2-Air and a little
bit of history, from the Gold
Country of California!
[click here for
update]
- Chino
Air Show Photo Feature Chino's
Planes of Fame is certainly the
premier warbird museum of the
west coast, their annual air show
features many of their amazing
collection... where they
belong... In the air! Come with
us as we open our coverage of the
event with 40 images from the
Chino Air Show! [click here for
feature]
- Two
of Hearts At Sun 'n Fun One
of our main reasons for attending
the EAA's Sun 'n Fun Fly-In was
to grab the chance to see Mary
Dilda do her air show routine and
the trip was well worth the
effort! In order to not keep you
waiting while we prepare the
gallery for this website, we're
going to send you to Mary's site
where the first installment is
ready for viewing. [click here for
gallery]
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