'DAGO DAYS'

[Bob]

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Anyone know why he manufactures his planes in russia?

[airtj]

Bear 360

Created by the American-Russian international design team that includes Russia’s most prestigious aircraft designer, Sergey Yakovlev.

From: http://www.bearaircraft.com/360/index.html#options

[BuckyD]

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"Race Team Stable-Mate"...

Another very-important & interesting chapter in the life & times of the famous Mustang racer known as "Dago Red", was during it's association w/Dallas businessman & veteran air race team owner/pilot- Alan Preston. AP entered the air racing scene bigtime @ Reno '84 by joining forces w/Dave Zeuschel to win the UNL Gold that year,-fielding the radically-modified P-51D rookie entry- #84-Stiletto (N332), raced by Skip Holm. Preston raced as a rookie himself in the T-6 Class that same year, flying #44-Miss Behavin' to 2nd-place in the Silver.

Preston's team raced again @ Reno '85 w/Stilleto & the T-6, and also entered a stock F4U-5NL Corsair purchased fm Bruce Lockwood (-whom AP befriended & hired to maintain & help fly his growing warbird collection), which he raced as #12-'Old Deadeye'.

In 1986, AP aquired UNL Gold racer #4-Dago Red fm Frank Taylor to add to his expanding race team stable & made history that year by being the first pilot to successfully-compete in all four racing classes- F-1, Biplane, T-6 & Unlimited, at a single competitive event. Preston raced Dago Red at Reno '86-'87-'88, '93, '94 & last at Phoenix '94.

Preston sold Dago & Stiletto in '87 to Sherman Aircraft Sales in FL (who raced Stiletto @ Reno '88-'89). Dago (& Stiletto) then went to Santa Monica Museum of Flying owner-David Price prior to Reno '89, and AP teamed-up w/Price to help him put-together a solid MOF air racing team & serve as race pilot mentor to Price,-who got to first-race Dago Red @ Reno in the UNL Gold that September. And thus began yet another era in Dago Red's long & outstanding racing career.

Photos (L-R):

1. "Proud New Papa"- B&W portrait of new Dago Red owner-Alan Preston, taken shortly-after his aquisition of N5410V.

2. "Heavy-Metal Thoroughbreds"- Excellent A-2-A photo portrait capture of two of Unlimited Class air racing's most famous P-51D Mustang racers flying together- #4-'Dago Red' (-being flown by Alan Preston) & #84-'Stiletto' (-w/Skip Holm at the controls).

3-4. "Alan Preston Air Race Team"- Mon. 9/15/86: First, a group photo of AP & members of his large 4-class racing team, taken w/their planes & trophies, during a special post-race week Monday photo session. Also, a group portrait of APR team race pilots (L-R): Ray Cote, Alan Preston, Skip Holm & Bruce Lockwood- all four of whom would log time racing Dago Red (Cote-'87/Preston-'86-'87-'88, '93 & '94/Holm-'00 thru '04/Lockwood- '98 & '99).

DBD

Special-thanks goes out to Mr. Alan Preston, f/generously-sharing rare photo images fm his personal collection.

[wyhdah]

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Love that second picture, that Stiletto was a slick ship!

[Big_Jim]

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"Race Team Stable-Mate"... In 1986, AP aquired UNL Gold racer #4-Dago Red fm Frank Taylor :

Tell us the story about the Ugly Contest, Uncle Buck! PLEASE?!?!?!?!

[BuckyD]

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Hey Brad, I'm gonna pass on that one, bein' as you're the great storyteller & you did such a fine job of relating it in-depth previously here on the board.

Here's the link f/those interested in this particular tale (see post #12):

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?t=2938&highlight=Frank+Taylor&page=2

DBD

[BuckyD]

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"Dago Doctors"...

Tue. 9/11/01-Reno NCAR-Stead Field, NV: Team Dago Red veteran maintenance experts- Mike Wilton & Dave Fagoaga keep themselves busy being focused-on taking care of Race #4's RR Merlin V-12 engine in their Unlimited pit, on America's 911 sad day of tragedy.

DBD

[jarrodeu]

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Dago Red looks stunning in that B&W picture.

Jarrod