How About That Silver Race?!

[GRNDP51]

Re: How About That Silver Race?!

WELL, UNTIL THE CORROSION PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT ON THE FAKE A-MODEL, I WAS GOING TO HAVE JOHN MUSZALA JR. FLY THE MUSTANG. HE WENT TO ROOKIE SCHOOL WITH ME AND THEN THE MUSTANG WENT DEAD AND HE HAD NO RIDE. HE HAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 150 HOURS IN MUSTANGS AND HAS PASSED THE DREADED AND LEGENDARY SUPER CUB CHECKOUT WITH ME
THE MUSZALA FAMILY HAS HAD A LONG PRESENCE AT RENO WITH HIS FATHER, JOHN, FLYING MUSTANGS AND SEA FURYS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AS WELL AS BEING ONE OF THE ORIGINAL "CHINO KIDS" AND WORKING ON THE RED BARON MUSTANG. THEIR APPRECIATION AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR RENO IS OUTSTANDING AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE YEARS IS COMMENDABLE AT THE LEAST. AND AS I MAY HAVE NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHERE THE MUSTANG IS NOW FOR THE STRUCTURAL WORK IN THEIR JIGS......
DD

Awesome!! Hope he gets his chance soon enough

[Dusty]

Re: How About That Silver Race?!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL......
THOUGHT I MIGHT ADD SOME INFORMATION FOR 2016..... WHEN IT COULD BE THE YEAR OF THE GREAT YAK INFESTATAION........
SO, RUMOR HAS IT THAT THERE COULD BE AT LEAST THREE MORE UNLIMITEDS SHOW UP NEXT YEAR, TWO OF WHICH ARE YAK 11's, AND ONE "NEW" MUSTANG. THE YAKS ARE BOB YANCEY'S 1830 POWERED MACHINE, AND THE NEWLY FINISHED R-2000 YAK THAT WAS STARTED BY JIM MCKINSTRY AS A PROJECT AND WENT ON TO IRA SALIGMAN WHO HAD TOM CAMP FINISH IT AND FIRST FLIGHTS BY STEVO THIS SUMMER. IT'S NOW BACK ON THE EAST COAST WITH IRA, WHO OWNS BOTH AFOREMENTIONED YAKS AND I SURE HOPE THE RUMORS ARE TRUE AND THESE TWO MACHINES ADD TO THE MIX. THE THIRD MACHINE MENTIONED WOULD BE THE OLD "RISKY BUSINESS" THAT MIKE BROWN NOW OWNS AND WILL HAVE A RACE ENGINE INSTALLED AT THE LEAST. SO GUYS, THIS IS JUST THE RUMOR MILL THAT BLEEDS DOWN TO AN OLD IRISH CROPDUSTER IN KANSAS. HOPEFULLY, A FEW MORE GUYS WILL STEP UP AND TRY THEIR HAND.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR SINCE JIMMY'S DEATH THAT THE RACES ARE ACTUALLY "POSITIVE" AND IN THE TOTAL "ON" MODE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN HARD FOR RACE TEAMS TO GET PUMPED UP ABOUT RACING WHEN THERE MIGHT NEVER BE A NEXT RACE, BUT THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE FOR 2016. SO, THIS ASPECT OF THE EVENT SHOULD CERTAINLY GIVE NEW OWNERS AND PILOTS SOME INCENTIVE TO SCHEDULE ROOKIE SCHOOL AND PLAN FOR THE EVENT, WHICH SURE DOES REQUIRE SOME PLANNING AND GUIDANCE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME CONTACT WITH A NEW YAK PILOT AND WILL HELP HIM KNOW WHAT'S IN STORE FROM A ROOKIE STANDPOINT.......
WELL, BACK TO BEATING ON THE POOR YAK, BUT I HOPE THIS GETS THE RUMOR MILL CRANKED UP AND I SURE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME MORE COMPETITION ON THE SLOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM AND MAYBE THE OTHER END ALSO.....
REGARDS, AND THE BEST NEW YEAR'S EVER......
DUSTY

[GRNDP51]

Re: How About That Silver Race?!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL......
THOUGHT I MIGHT ADD SOME INFORMATION FOR 2016..... WHEN IT COULD BE THE YEAR OF THE GREAT YAK INFESTATAION........
SO, RUMOR HAS IT THAT THERE COULD BE AT LEAST THREE MORE UNLIMITEDS SHOW UP NEXT YEAR, TWO OF WHICH ARE YAK 11's, AND ONE "NEW" MUSTANG. THE YAKS ARE BOB YANCEY'S 1830 POWERED MACHINE, AND THE NEWLY FINISHED R-2000 YAK THAT WAS STARTED BY JIM MCKINSTRY AS A PROJECT AND WENT ON TO IRA SALIGMAN WHO HAD TOM CAMP FINISH IT AND FIRST FLIGHTS BY STEVO THIS SUMMER. IT'S NOW BACK ON THE EAST COAST WITH IRA, WHO OWNS BOTH AFOREMENTIONED YAKS AND I SURE HOPE THE RUMORS ARE TRUE AND THESE TWO MACHINES ADD TO THE MIX. THE THIRD MACHINE MENTIONED WOULD BE THE OLD "RISKY BUSINESS" THAT MIKE BROWN NOW OWNS AND WILL HAVE A RACE ENGINE INSTALLED AT THE LEAST. SO GUYS, THIS IS JUST THE RUMOR MILL THAT BLEEDS DOWN TO AN OLD IRISH CROPDUSTER IN KANSAS. HOPEFULLY, A FEW MORE GUYS WILL STEP UP AND TRY THEIR HAND.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR SINCE JIMMY'S DEATH THAT THE RACES ARE ACTUALLY "POSITIVE" AND IN THE TOTAL "ON" MODE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN HARD FOR RACE TEAMS TO GET PUMPED UP ABOUT RACING WHEN THERE MIGHT NEVER BE A NEXT RACE, BUT THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE FOR 2016. SO, THIS ASPECT OF THE EVENT SHOULD CERTAINLY GIVE NEW OWNERS AND PILOTS SOME INCENTIVE TO SCHEDULE ROOKIE SCHOOL AND PLAN FOR THE EVENT, WHICH SURE DOES REQUIRE SOME PLANNING AND GUIDANCE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME CONTACT WITH A NEW YAK PILOT AND WILL HELP HIM KNOW WHAT'S IN STORE FROM A ROOKIE STANDPOINT.......
WELL, BACK TO BEATING ON THE POOR YAK, BUT I HOPE THIS GETS THE RUMOR MILL CRANKED UP AND I SURE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME MORE COMPETITION ON THE SLOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM AND MAYBE THE OTHER END ALSO.....
REGARDS, AND THE BEST NEW YEAR'S EVER......
DUSTY

AWESOME DUSTY!!!!! And don't forget the return of STEADFAST!

Your Yak will be in GREAT company!!!! Good luck in the off season

[Samuel]

Re: How About That Silver Race?!

Awesome stuff Dusty! Any chance of Polar Bear making it this year? I to am hoping Steadfast makes it.

[Dusty]

Re: How About That Silver Race?!

NO SIR, POLAR BEAR PROBABLY WON'T MAKE IT THIS YEAR. THE BOYS AT PACIFIC FIGHTERS ARE GETTING ALONG GREAT WITH IT, DESPITE FINDING MORE BAD STUFF AT EVERY TURN. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS ON THEIR WEBSITE OR NOT, BUT IT WILL BE JUST AS PRETTY AS "BERLIN EXPRESS" WHEN FINISHED. THE FIREWALL FORWARD ACTUALLY RACED AT CLEVELAND IN '48/'49. HOPEFULLY, I CAN GET CAUGHT UP ON THRUSH ANNUAL INSPECTIONS WITH ENOUGH TIME LEFT TO VISIT THEM BEFORE THE SPRAY SEASON STARTS.
WOULD BE NICE IF STEADFAST WAS BACK, BUT THAT'S A LONG WAY TO HAUL A MACHINE FOR ONE WEEK OF RACING IN THE U.S. WOULD BE NICE IF I COULD GET THE TWO HOLER YAK GOING THAT FAST