Random Shot Of The The Day

[GRNDP51]

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We do?

Lady B!

[sledge39]

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... Mojave, 15 Nov 1970 ...

Gene Ackers, N6667 "Race 22"

Mike Loening, N5482V "Race 2"

[Desertdawg]

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... Mojave, 15 Nov 1970 ...

Gene Ackers, N6667 "Race 22"

Mike Loening, N5482V "Race 2"

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I really like the variety of shots you are sharing here.

Such cool stuff.

Out of curiosity what did you shoot your shots with?

Your posts have got me to start thinking of dusting off my boxes of 35mm slides from the late 70s - mid 80s.

Be a nice project for snowy day this winter.

[Desertdawg]

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Another historical racer that needs to be brought back.

Even if only for trophy laps so fans and future fans can at least see and hear her in person.

Go Dago Go

[AAFO_WSagar]

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01 The beginning of Reno...ED Weiner and N335J starting a dusty take-off at Skyranch 1964

02 Four years later N335J looked like this. No helmet required !

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Those are great! Yours?

Since I almost went to that event when I was just turned 13 (in '64) I'm fascinated with anything from the event.. were you there???

[Desertdawg]

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Gary Levitz's old race #38, N345 Miss Ashley. Now painted as Trusty Rusty in the Netherlands. Flying in the blue skies over Duxford a couple weekends ago.

Good stuff Brad,

Trusty Rusty is one nice looking P51.

Thanks for sharing your adventure there with us here..

Anymore random contributions from your archives?

[Fence Sence]

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Some really bithin’ stuff in this thread. Thanks to all contributors. So many pics I’ve never seen before. I keep going through the whole thing wanting to single out a thanks for each awesome shot but then I get totally distracted by the next shot.

[wingman]

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A busy day...




Ham88-Silver--raw0010 by Neal Nurmi, on Flickr

[Desertdawg]

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Some really bithin’ stuff in this thread. Thanks to all contributors. So many pics I’ve never seen before. I keep going through the whole thing wanting to single out a thanks for each awesome shot but then I get totally distracted by the next shot.
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[Desertdawg]

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What a nice pair of 38s, always nice when they come out to play.

Let them puppies breath

[Lon Moer]

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[sledge39]

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Desertdawg wrote ...Out of curiosity what did you shoot your shots with?

. In those days I was using two 35mm film bodies with normal, 135mm, 300mm, 300mm + 2x converter, 500mm mirror

AAFO_WSagar wrote ...Those are great! ..Yours? ..were you there???

. All shot and post-processed by 'YT'... Was at Reno '64 the full nine(9) days

.. More from Reno '64 ..

01 Thorn, Lyford, Love

02 after the cross-country from St. Petersburg, FL

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Desertdawg wrote ...Out of curiosity what did you shoot your shots with?

. In those days I was using two 35mm film bodies with normal, 135mm, 300mm, 300mm + 2x converter, 500mm mirror

AAFO_WSagar wrote ...Those are great! ..Yours? ..were you there???

. All shot and post-processed by 'YT'... Was at Reno '64 the full nine(9) days

.. More from Reno '64 ..

01 Thorn, Lyford, Love

02 after the cross-country from St. Petersburg, FL

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Well sir, if I have never before thanked you for your presence, please allow me now to thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing Reno Air Races history here!

I'm sure you've heard my tale of woe where my 13 year old enthusiasm waned after looking at the event from the top of the last hill almost made it out on my three speed bike back in '64 when I was 13 living in the suburbs just past Greenbrae Shopping Center (going toward Pyramid Lake)

This has fed my fascination wondering what I might have seen and experienced had my buddy and I braved it and let gravity pull us down the hill we had just climbed, toward the circling glittering dots rounding the pylons below... at the time, we knew not what we had missed by not wanting to pedal back up that darn hill! But we had run out of water and stamina and if I remember correctly, school started the next day, or, had already started and we had to be there early...

Anyway, sorry for drifting ! It's just that I was.... there... just not... "there" and I suppose that's what has fueled my passion for all of this after all!

Can't wait for September!

[AAFO_WSagar]

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PS! I just required my second to last laptop which has the necessary expansion slots (no longer available, that I can find) to add cards so I can read my SCSI drive array where all of everything that was not on the laptop and my "recent" (probably three years old) backups that went swimming with the fishes last year... can't find an emoji that has a dombass beating himself on the head for putting his laptop in the "basement" of a recently launched boat!

ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY I can access about a three year old backup, plus all of my old stuff!

Reservations made, GSR RV park, have to have hookups, small pets that don't do well in baking motorhome!

[Desertdawg]

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That fits perfectly there.