Random Shot Of The Day - Part 2

[Desertdawg]

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Things were out of control all over the back of the course. This was Lefty on the way to his Championship. Photo from a much older Pylon 2.

Dangerous...

Neal

Neal,

Good thing RARA/Washoe County secured the land and fenced the course off.

Thanks for taking shots like that and sharing them.

What a time, I bet the 3 boys on the roof of the suburban have good memories and tell stories of being there.

[Guest]

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Check out the lookieloos at the old Pylon 6. That situation got really dangerous, and impossible for the pylon judges. Eventually RARA and the airport got control over that land, put up fences, and got things under control. It was nice out there for a few years, before the general public found out about it.

Great look, Neal.

Good catch with the two people on the right foreground holding their ears.

No doubt the folks on top of the Jimmy are FAA, right?

[Desertdawg]

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2018 - Sport Class Pits

Beautiful planes

So sleek and still they find minor adjustments here and there to gain better airflow.

[knot4u]

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Strega, Voodoo and the Bearcat, the last really fast air racers and they're not going to race. Who would've thought it would end like this?

[Desertdawg]

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2018 - And another sport plane pit shot.

On a side note, there're pits were the first (westerly wind) tumble weed trapper. :-)

[Guest]

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Strega, Voodoo and the Bearcat, the last really fast air racers and they're not going to race. Who would've thought it would end like this?

Do you believe it's ending, or are you referring only to the level of competition in the UNL class?

[Shawn Aro]

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Ray Cote Prepping for a Dago Red 1986

Shawn

[Desertdawg]

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2018 - Continuing the tour through the Sport Plane pits.

[Desertdawg]

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2018 More Sport Planes

[Desertdawg]

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And of course the Dago and Strega equivalents of the sport class.

[wingman]

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For all the three blade fans...

Not as sharp as I'd like, but I love that pylon 8 angle. It's an experience to stand there and have this thing come over your head at 490mph! It's an impossible place to take Gold Race photos, but pylon 8 is the best place on the field to really experience a Gold Race.

[Desertdawg]

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2010 - Warbird Pits

[Guest]

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For all the three blade fans...

Not as sharp as I'd like, but I love that pylon 8 angle. It's an experience to stand there and have this thing come over your head at 490mph! It's an impossible place to take Gold Race photos, but pylon 8 is the best place on the field to really experience a Gold Race.

Count me as one who liked the 3-bladed Bear. Thanks for sharing that one! The sound that beast made at speed, 50 feet over my head on Outer 6, was a bone-rattlng, deep baritone reverberation like I've never heard before...or sadly, since.

Thought I had one very similar in my collection but, no. It's the 4-blade. What year did they run the 3-blade?

Loved Outer 8 but unless you're into silhouettes of airplanes and lens flare, it's not a good place in the PM. Always wondered why it was so popular for the Media folks at that time of day.

[Guest]

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Ray Cote Prepping for a Dago Red 1986

Shawn

Nice shot, Shawn. Up close and personal. Well done.

[Desertdawg]

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2010 - Was a good year for twin engined warbirds, we had couple F7 Tigercats and couple P38s.