Wingman Quiz 3

[wingman]

Bombers at Reno? Name the year and the players including race number...

[CJAM427]

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1985 I'm guessing from your watermark
Bob Guilford in "Blue Max" #93
Alan Preston or Bruce Lockwood up high in "Old Deadeye" #12
Jimmy McMillan in the Skyraider #404

[wingman]

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Damn! I thought I posted the one without the date.

It would have been Bruce in the night fighter Corsair, I think.

[CJAM427]

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Damn! I thought I posted the one without the date.

It would have been Bruce in the night fighter Corsair, I think.

I'm sure that's right, I have no idea what specific race that is and didn't he and Alan switch off on the flying duties that year?

[wingman]

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I don't remember if Alan actually raced it or not. I just remember Bruce in it, though I know they both flew it in qualifying. Brad probably knows. I have no idea either what race that might have been -- the slide is not labelled as to day or race.

I wonder if Guilford holds the record for the most last place finishes at Reno?

Neal

[kiwiracefan]

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Love seeing that pic of the Spad on the course, I do so love the A-1 i always wondered if one had been on the course racing and now i know the answer

[wingman]

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Well then Kiwi, these are for you...

[taglialavore]

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1985 I'm guessing from your watermark
Bob Guilford in "Blue Max" #93
Alan Preston or Bruce Lockwood up high in "Old Deadeye" #12
Jimmy McMillan in the Skyraider #404

Searching some papers,
Alan Preston did raced Reno 1985, with F4U-5NL Corsair #12
It´s seem to be Bronze 1985-09-15, and he took the 6th place, at 314.878.
Jim McMillan 7th.
Bob Guilford , place 9.
Not from my memory.

[Fence Sence]

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The first pic looks to be no later than Thursday as there's nobody on the fence. The others have a definite qualifying look to them.

Being that it's a Wingman quiz though, I'm sure I'm wrong.

[wingman]

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Good eye. I think that shot of 404 against the hills is a Race shot -- the rest would have been during qualifying and practice.

Speaking of bombers on the Race Course:

[RAD2LTR]

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I'd love to see another Spad rounding the pylons. Very cool pics, thanks for posting.

Will

[Leo]

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Ahh, "The World's fastest Skyraider".

I have video from 1985 of the B-26 passing Guilford at the home pylon, with the bomb bay doors open!
Video of the Putman cartwheel and Skips little "upset" behind the Bear during quali's.
Also of a Sea Fury (can't remember who right now) getting almost upside down on pylon 1. Was quite an exiting year.

[MustangFan]

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Speaking of bombers on the Race Course:

Neal,
On the subject of bombers on the course, do you happen to have any shots of Fifi and Diamond Lil doing their demo run, I think it was in 1998? That was one of my early years at Reno, and I unfortunately didn't bring my camera that year...

[wingman]

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No, I missed that entirely. I was in the back seat of Wayne Handley's "Raven" aerobatic plane over Pyramid Lake doing an air to air shoot. Actually I kind of remember that something was running up as Wayne was strapping me in and briefing me on intercom and emergency egress and such, but I was so pumped and worried and excited that I hardly noticed anything else on the field at that point.

I sure heard about the bomber flight afterwards though.

Neal

[Leo]

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For those of us that had already returned to the campground to relax and "imbibe", by the time we realized it was happening, it was over...