Jet Class

[Tin Man]

Heard a pretty credible RUMOR that the jet class was going to allow all non-afterburner jets to participate. Anyone else hear this? Details?
Tom

[AirDOGGe]

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Make some room, "round engines versus the Vee's"...........it's gonna be F-86's versus MIG-15's all over again as the new rivals of Reno. God, I hope so...

There's your future for the Reno Air Races, folks. Someday the recips will finally become too scare, expensive or all-of-the-above for racing duty. The unlimited races, someday, are going to have to move up to the jet age, both true jets and turbine-spun propellers.

I just hope I get to make lots and lots of trips to Reno before that day comes....

[SCEPTER]

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That would be cool........

[supercub]

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WOW.........a BD-5J with a JF33......watch out F-86's and Mig 17's

[JCP]

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Jimmy Leeward in the Mig-17 with the afterburner lit and hauling A** around the pylons was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. What year was that?

[MustangFan]

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Jimmy Leeward in the Mig-17 with the afterburner lit and hauling A** around the pylons was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. What year was that?

If I remember correctly, it was in 2000..I think they ran a "demo" race that year with Jimmy's Mig, one of the Stoli Mig's, and several others.


Now imagine if there was a bunch of these guys racin' on the course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbtDeN7AeCc

Talk about haulin a**...yee haw!!

[mayday51]

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I could not understand the anouncer....
.........what was the "called" lap speed ?

[supercub]

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I didn't catch the lap speed either, but looks like he never got out of a steep bank. I wonder how many "G's" he was pulling?

[FedexBob]

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A demonstration race that took on a life of its own. Is was Pretty cool.

[Propellerhead]

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If I remember correctly, it was in 2000..I think they ran a "demo" race that year with Jimmy's Mig, one of the Stoli Mig's, and several others.

I'm not sure of the year, but they sure did. It was a bit WWF, but awesome! It was Jimmy and both Stoli MiGs. There may have been an L-39 or two, but who was watching them? They lit the burners a number of times. Tre Cool!

[FedexBob]

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It was 2000. A couple more pics

[FedexBob]

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Oops, forgot this one.

[Ron101502]

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As I recall the F-18 did 639, I believe an F-16 got close to 680 once, at least that's what the announcers said, that's 591 knots and of course they actually go faster than that, probably around .9 Mach or so.