Random Shot Of The The Day

[sledge39]

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Eugene Akers Corsair after repaint from the Lancer Two

Awesome stuff sledge

...that's F4U-7 "Blue Max" raced by Guilford/Rosenberg/McMann...

Akers was in the race though...here passed by Mike Loening...

[Desertdawg]

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Nicely done, sir! Hard to say which I like best. New position as Deputy Air Boss will keep me on the airport side of things now, instead of Home Pylon from 0730-1800 every day. Looking forward to it so perhaps we'll cross paths at some point. Safe travels....

Congrats young man. You are a natural for that position.

I'll hoist couple in your honor here real soon.

[Desertdawg]

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Reno 2011 Furias

Sure hope she gets a second chance at being a Reno Air Racer.

[GRNDP51]

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Reno 2011 Fureas

Sure hope she gets a second chance at being a Reno Air Racer.

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Valley of Speed is making Eric Miss Merced shirts and Miss TNT shirts for this year, he liked the Furias ones (that I happen to love, and own ) that he wanted some more! Would love to see a Miss Merced/ Furias shirt one day...

[Desertdawg]

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After an all nighter in the pits, the Reno Air Race Midway must smell pretty good?

Curly Fries
Breakfast Buritos
Corn Dogs
Texas Taters
Deep Fried Zucchini
and
7 Time Winner BJ's Nevada BBQ Company est. 1986

[Lon Moer]

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...that's F4U-7 "Blue Max" raced by Guilford/Rosenberg/McMann...

Akers was in the race though...here passed by Mike Loening...

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And more awesomeness!

[Lockheed Bob]

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Congratulations Owen.

[Desertdawg]

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Race 18

[MustangFan]

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Hearing them race past the home pylon. It's a sound unique to Reno and has made many a fan.

Count me in that group. My first Reno was '97, and when Strega and the Bear came around 8 and past the home pylon on that first lap....man, that sound!! I knew right then I was a fan for life.

[Guest]

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Congrats young man. You are a natural for that position.

I'll hoist couple in your honor here real soon.

Danke Mucho, Dawg! Cheers back atcha.

[W J Pearce]

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2012

[Desertdawg]

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Bill,

Nice shots. We could all hope she comes back to grace our skies again.

What was the story with tail wheel?

Thanks for sharing.

[Desertdawg]

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Took another look (do that a lot here checking out all the great shots), reminds me of a bird of prey at speed.

Awesome paint scheme.

[W J Pearce]

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Yeah, I really liked Furias and was very hopeful that they would show us a good run that year. The tail wheel was just a by-product of the aircraft not having that much time on the course. Whatever testing was done probably did not involve closely observing he underside of the aircraft as it pulled Gs at speed. I'm sure it would have been fixed if other, far bigger issues did not come up at the end of this flight. I do hope to see a race-prepped Furias again. And I do see the Bird of Prey.

[Guest]

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A few quick grabs from the hard drive without much in the way of enhancing. Enjoy all the posts here...some amazing work by incredible photogs! Well done, fellas!