In the interest of fun stuff... If you're near Virginia or can get there and have a spare few hundred dollars you can go for a ride in a bit of Reno history.
The folks at Bay Aviation have the T-6 most famously raced by Pat Palmer as #9 "Gotcha!" beginning in Texas in 1971. It's cool and I remember Pat from the earlier days.
Here's a link to Bay Aviation and "Gotcha!" - https://bayaviationonline.com/warbir...can-t-6-rides/
Of course, Palmer had a second "Gotcha!" - #99. That AT-6F now resides in Texas with the Rathbun family and is frequently flown by 22-year-old Parker Rathbun who's a newly-minted part of the CAF's "Tora, Tora, Tora" display team. You can read about Parker and a few more young guys who are joining the ranks of the more "experienced" warbird fliers and fixers in my feature in the September issue of Flight Journal Magazine.
On a related T-6/Unlimited note of interest here due to the chronicle of "Miss America" Mark K has underway - Miss A (originally Dave Allender's race #19 "Allender Mustang and "Wayfarers Club Lady") showed up in competition as Miss A for the first time at Reno in 1969 with Howie Keefe.
Few are aware that Howie was also racing T-6s at the time, flying "Miss Sky Prints Special". He was top qualifier at the Florida National Air Races at 185.25 mph in 1969. He put Miss A in the field at Reno the same year at 340.38 mph.
And that's the rest of the story... (not really but I liked Paul Harvey's sign off)
The folks at Bay Aviation have the T-6 most famously raced by Pat Palmer as #9 "Gotcha!" beginning in Texas in 1971. It's cool and I remember Pat from the earlier days.
Here's a link to Bay Aviation and "Gotcha!" - https://bayaviationonline.com/warbir...can-t-6-rides/
Of course, Palmer had a second "Gotcha!" - #99. That AT-6F now resides in Texas with the Rathbun family and is frequently flown by 22-year-old Parker Rathbun who's a newly-minted part of the CAF's "Tora, Tora, Tora" display team. You can read about Parker and a few more young guys who are joining the ranks of the more "experienced" warbird fliers and fixers in my feature in the September issue of Flight Journal Magazine.
On a related T-6/Unlimited note of interest here due to the chronicle of "Miss America" Mark K has underway - Miss A (originally Dave Allender's race #19 "Allender Mustang and "Wayfarers Club Lady") showed up in competition as Miss A for the first time at Reno in 1969 with Howie Keefe.
Few are aware that Howie was also racing T-6s at the time, flying "Miss Sky Prints Special". He was top qualifier at the Florida National Air Races at 185.25 mph in 1969. He put Miss A in the field at Reno the same year at 340.38 mph.
And that's the rest of the story... (not really but I liked Paul Harvey's sign off)
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