Re: 'BUCK SHOTS'
"Comin' & Goin'......."! -RACING BIPES!
The Biplane Racing Class has alot of great history behind it, offering the most accessible & affordable way to go racing for fun, w/plenty of competitive aerial jousting & warm comaraderie. Hearing those flying wires singing whenever the Bipes go racing-by the pylons, evokes all the wonderful nostalgia of WW1 dogfights, leather flight helmets-goggles-white silk flying scarfs & colorful flying circus barnstormer-era displays. Ya Gotta love 'em!
Photos-Reno NCAR (L-R):
1. Mon. 9/12/83- Qualifying & Practice- "Two Pitts passing in the day." Tom Geygan in #11-'Loophole Looie' heads-out to takeoff f/the racecourse, as Earl Allen taxis back in #42-'Pitts 'n Pieces'. Geygan qualified 10th in the Sport Biplane Class @ 146.350-mph, & Allen Q'd 7th @ 157.600.
2. RACE: Sat. 9/19/98- Biplane Silver- A very hot 3-way duel's goin' on in front of Home Pylon between (L-R): Ray Krasovich's Pitts S-1S #55-'Ole Yeller', Charlie Greer's Pitts Spcl. #12-'Slo Poke' & Jeremy Chellin's Pitts #22-'Sticks Adventure'. Krasovich won 1st-place @ 173.541-av/mph; Greer came in 4th @ 169.174 after cutting Inner 5 & 6 Pylons on Lap 2; Chellin placed 5th @ 166.863.
3-4. RACE: Sat. 9/16/06- Biplane HT2A- Inner 4 Pylon- Bipe Champ Tom Aberle comes-in tight on the stick,-flying his 'radicalized' all-white Mong Sport #62-Phantom, on his way to a 1st-place finish in this 6-lap heat @ 248.197-av/mph. Duels are going-on behind the leader, as evidenced in the last photo- showing Jeff Watkins' Pitts S-1S #17-'Devil in Da Skies' battling Frank Jerant's Mong-Jerant Racer- #16-'Mongstrosity'. Both competitors completed 5 laps, w/Jerant finishing 6th @ 177.587 & Watkins following in 7th @ 173.764-av/mph.
DBD
(The bipe raceplane names these guys & gals come up w/really crack me up!)
"Comin' & Goin'......."! -RACING BIPES!
The Biplane Racing Class has alot of great history behind it, offering the most accessible & affordable way to go racing for fun, w/plenty of competitive aerial jousting & warm comaraderie. Hearing those flying wires singing whenever the Bipes go racing-by the pylons, evokes all the wonderful nostalgia of WW1 dogfights, leather flight helmets-goggles-white silk flying scarfs & colorful flying circus barnstormer-era displays. Ya Gotta love 'em!
Photos-Reno NCAR (L-R):
1. Mon. 9/12/83- Qualifying & Practice- "Two Pitts passing in the day." Tom Geygan in #11-'Loophole Looie' heads-out to takeoff f/the racecourse, as Earl Allen taxis back in #42-'Pitts 'n Pieces'. Geygan qualified 10th in the Sport Biplane Class @ 146.350-mph, & Allen Q'd 7th @ 157.600.
2. RACE: Sat. 9/19/98- Biplane Silver- A very hot 3-way duel's goin' on in front of Home Pylon between (L-R): Ray Krasovich's Pitts S-1S #55-'Ole Yeller', Charlie Greer's Pitts Spcl. #12-'Slo Poke' & Jeremy Chellin's Pitts #22-'Sticks Adventure'. Krasovich won 1st-place @ 173.541-av/mph; Greer came in 4th @ 169.174 after cutting Inner 5 & 6 Pylons on Lap 2; Chellin placed 5th @ 166.863.
3-4. RACE: Sat. 9/16/06- Biplane HT2A- Inner 4 Pylon- Bipe Champ Tom Aberle comes-in tight on the stick,-flying his 'radicalized' all-white Mong Sport #62-Phantom, on his way to a 1st-place finish in this 6-lap heat @ 248.197-av/mph. Duels are going-on behind the leader, as evidenced in the last photo- showing Jeff Watkins' Pitts S-1S #17-'Devil in Da Skies' battling Frank Jerant's Mong-Jerant Racer- #16-'Mongstrosity'. Both competitors completed 5 laps, w/Jerant finishing 6th @ 177.587 & Watkins following in 7th @ 173.764-av/mph.
DBD
(The bipe raceplane names these guys & gals come up w/really crack me up!)
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