A new Griff for Reno?

[Lowell]

Maybe 2007 will bring us a new Griff!

http:/www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/718-full.html

Best of luck. I hope it happens.

[Air Race Addict]

Re: A new Griff for Reno?

Dude! Where in the vast maze of the website is there talk of a new Griffon racer?

[W J Pearce]

Re: A new Griff for Reno?

Dude! Where in the vast maze of the website is there talk of a new Griffon racer?

Steve Griff:

Paralyzed Pilot Sets Sights On Reno
Steve Griff started flying 40 years ago, when he was 16, and kept at it till he was a 767 captain, flying international routes for US Airways. But four years ago, a truck smashed into his pickup in North Carolina, and he's now paralyzed from the chest down. "Fortunately, my hands and arms work fine," Griff told the Charlotte Observer last week. And that means he can still fly. Griff lives at Long Island Airpark, with his wife, Dina, and he has flown with friends to Florida, Guatemala and Mexico. Now he wants to fly in next year's Reno National Championship Air Races. As far he knows, Griff will be the first paralyzed pilot to compete there. "I want to show people with injuries that the sky is no longer the limit," he said. "What they want to do can be achieved." Griff and friends now are working to raise money to sponsor the flight and to support groups researching cures for spinal-cord injury. For more information, contact Jeff Laffoon of RaceCorp Sports Management.

[Air Race Addict]

Re: A new Griff for Reno?

Steve Griff:

Paralyzed Pilot Sets Sights On Reno
Steve Griff started flying 40 years ago, when he was 16, and kept at it till he was a 767 captain, flying international routes for US Airways. But four years ago, a truck smashed into his pickup in North Carolina, and he's now paralyzed from the chest down. "Fortunately, my hands and arms work fine," Griff told the Charlotte Observer last week. And that means he can still fly. Griff lives at Long Island Airpark, with his wife, Dina, and he has flown with friends to Florida, Guatemala and Mexico. Now he wants to fly in next year's Reno National Championship Air Races. As far he knows, Griff will be the first paralyzed pilot to compete there. "I want to show people with injuries that the sky is no longer the limit," he said. "What they want to do can be achieved." Griff and friends now are working to raise money to sponsor the flight and to support groups researching cures for spinal-cord injury. For more information, contact Jeff Laffoon of RaceCorp Sports Management.

oh <:-o Ummm Duh. I read that article and it went right past me. Just like all of the racers in the Valley of Speed..... yeeeehhaaaaa! Thanks for fixing me.