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[BuckyD]

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"Remember The Raiders!"-

Today marks the 70th Anniversary of WW2's heroic & daring July 18, 1942 "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo. Only 5 surviving raiders remain & they, along w/all their strike-force's departed comrades-in-arms,-shall never be forgotten for their daring epic mission's huge accomplishment, which did so much to help raise our great country's morale, during the darkest-days of the war.

Our brave veterans make us proud to be American & we're blessed by their service & sacrifices-rendered on our behalf. We owe them all so much. The Raiders exemplify the American spirit. Long-Live the memory of Jimmy Doolittle & his courageous Tokyo Raiders today & forever!!!
"Blue Skies & Tailwinds", Gentlemen!
History links:

* Official Raiders Reunion Home Page: http://www.doolittleraider.com/

* Crew lists/photos: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...t.asp?id=15352

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(We can also proudly-note when remembering our hero-Jimmy Doolittle, that he was also one of Air Racing History's great champion air race pilots!)

[BuckyD]

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“Old Blue!”-

RACE: Sat. 9/16/83-UNL HT#2- Bob Yancey & his F4U-4 Corsair- #101-'Old Blue' (NX49092) skim just above the desert sagebrush,-heading f/old Outer 4 Pylon. Bob finished 5th in last place @ 332.060-av/mph in this 6-lap event (-which was won by Steve Hinton, flying the Planes of Fame Museum's Super Corsair- Race #1-'Bud Light Special' @ 403.578-av/mph).

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[RAD2LTR]

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“Old Blue!”-

RACE: Sat. 9/16/83-UNL HT#2- Bob Yancey & his F4U-4 Corsair- #101-'Old Blue' (NX49092) skim just above the desert sagebrush,-heading f/old Outer 4 Pylon. Bob finished 5th in last place @ 332.060-av/mph in this 6-lap event (-which was won by Steve Hinton, flying the Planes of Fame Museum's Super Corsair- Race #1-'Bud Light Special' @ 403.578-av/mph).

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What ever happened to Bob Yancey's Corsair? I thought he pulled the motor off it hand hung it on his Yak, but I don't know what happened to the rest of the F4U.

Will

[Big_Jim]

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What ever happened to Bob Yancey's Corsair? I thought he pulled the motor off it hand hung it on his Yak, but I don't know what happened to the rest of the F4U.

Will

If I remember correctly, Bob's Corsair was the one that Ladd Doctor was paralyzed in when he sawed Howard's Bearcat wing off during that horrible takeoff incident at Oshkosh back in 1999. I don't know if Cavanaugh Flight Museum still owns the remains, or if they were totalled by the insurance company.

[jarrodeu]

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Here ya go there, 'Mr. Ulrich' (), (-as per your 'spcl request)...

Thanks,

Jarrod

[BuckyD]

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"P.M."- Merlin Maintenance

Culled from the B&W photo vaults of The Dawsonian 'Buck Shot' Archives...

Wed. 9/14/83-Reno NCAR-End of Qualifying: Don Whittington's crew burns the midnight oil, working on P-51D Mustang Race #09-Precious Metal's Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 race engine, after Don qualified PM as the 4th-fastest Unlimited w/his speed of 434.888-mph, behind- (1)-Neil Anderson/Sea Fury #8-Dreadnought @ 446.392, (2)-Rick Brickert/P-51D #4-Dago Red @ 439.219, (3)-Ron Hevle/P-51D #7-Strega @ 435.977 & ahead of (5)-Lyle Shelton/F8F #77-Rare Bear @ 432.047.

Reno '83 proved to be a very-tough race year f/the Precious Metal Race Team: Friday's Gold Heat #1 on 9/16, saw Race #09 as a DNF, after Whittington was forced to pull-out on Lap-1 due to an oil leak & a broken valve.

Extensive work was done rebuilding the motor damage & Don ran Precious Metal in Saturday's UNL Gold Heat #2 at cruise-power- simply to slow-time the engine, while making a showing f/his team, in order to stay in competition for Sunday's 8-lap UNL Gold final.

After all the hard efforts put-forth by his race crew, Don Whittington came-in 2nd in the Gold event & just by the skin of his teeth, as PM's cranky Merlin sneezed on the last lap & he had to declare a Mayday right after crossing the finish line behind winner-Neil Anderson in #8-Dreadnought. This Gold Race saw much attrition, as only two other Unlimiteds were able to complete the race: John Crocker's P-51D #6-Sumthin' Else was 3rd & Bill Destefani's Mustang #72-Mangia Pane finished 4th. Dago Red, Strega & Rare Bear were all DNFs.

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[N22252]

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Quick!....Hide that or the NTSB will be obligated to make recommendations on the use of ladders in the pits. As a boy I was chastised for commiting all three of those step ladder sins.

[BuckyD]

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Hey N22252-

"Hah-hah!"- I wuz wonderin' if anyone would comment on the work ladder-action goin' on in that PM photo. After workin' in a big seaplane airline company maintenance hangar for 16-years, I've got a whole bunch of crazy work ladder stories to 'fall upon' (no pun intended,-literally!),-that'd be great Osha-fodder & do Moe, Larry & Curly proud. No fatalities, thankfully...

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[BuckyD]

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"High-Contrast T-Cat"-

Mon. 9/13/10-Reno NCAR-UNL Qualifying & Practice: Race pilot/Team owner-Rod Lewis flies practice laps w/his rare Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat twin-engined fighter- Race #1-'El Jefe' (N805MB/aka-'Big Boss Man'), when it was painted in dark 'night-fighter' finish.

This was Rod's 'rookie year' as an Unlimited Class race pilot. He qualified #1 the next day (Wed. 9/14/10) in 10th-place @ 364.981-mph & then worked his way up thru the ranks during race week, to find himself in Sunday's UNL Gold Trophy Race lineup (-along w/team mate-Stew Dawson-flying Lewis' other F7F-#55-'Here Kitty Kitty'/N700F). High wind condtions prevailed to force cancellation of the Reno '10 UNL Gold final event.

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[BuckyD]

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"Sweet Endeavor!"-

One of my all-time favorite Formula One racers-

Photos (L-R):

1- Tue. 9/13/11- Reno NCAR-Formula-1 Qualifying & Practice: 2-time Formula One Class Gold champion race pilot-Steve Senegal & his exquisitely-beautiful red & white Arnold AR-6 racer #11-"Endeavor" are captured approaching the pylon,-flying Reno 2011's fastest F-1 Q-Run @ 255.881-mph. Senegal & Endeavor followed-up by sweeping all three F-1 Gold heat races before cancellation of last September's event.

2- "Mr. Endeavor"- Sun. 9/14/08-Reno NCAR Awards Banquet: Formula-1 Class champion race pilot-Steve Senegal smiles wide on-stage, after receiving his first F-1 Gold First-Place Trophy fm pretty presenter- Ms. Andi Lynch/Miss Reno Rodeo 2009, after debuting his beautiful red & white Arnold AR-6 racer #11-"Endeavor" as Reno '08's fastest-qualifier (251.028-mph) & winning the 8-lap F-1 Gold final @ 246.119-av/mph. Steve started racing F-1s flying Cassutt III M #96-'Miss Demeanor' at Reno '05-'06 & '07. He repeated w/another F-1 Gold 'clean-sweep' racing 'Endeavor' @ Reno 2010.

'Big Congrats' & many thanks to Steve Senegal & Team Endeavor for all your efforts & accomplishments fielding this very-fine Formula One Class winning-air racer!



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[BuckyD]

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"The Old & The New"-

Wed. 9/13/00-Reno NCAR-UNL Qualifying & Practice: Air Racing color & pageantry is on-display regularly at Reno every September, as air race fans watch Tiger Destefani's multi-UNL Gold champion P-51D Mustang racer- #7-'Strega' (N71FT) getting towed-out onto the Stead Field ramp, alongside Steve Bolander/Jim Michaels' historic restored Hawker Sea Fury #87-'Miss Merced' (N878M)-resplendant in its' vintage race colors, in this archive photo capture.

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[BuckyD]

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The Horsemen- "Ridin' Bearcats!"

The always-awesome & impressive Horsemen warbird precision flight demo team is captured here flying Grumman F8F Bearcats (-vs. their standard North American P-51D Mustang mounts), f/The Planes of Fame Airshow's "Salute To Grumman" theme-Chino, CA-Sun. 5/17/09.

This year's 2012 POF Airshow (going-on this weekend), features another special Horsemen team aircraft ensemble w/two P-51s, being led by Steve Hinton flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning!

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Wish this team could be one of the featured airshow performers f/Reno NCAR! They'd be a perfect addition to the bill!

[BuckyD]

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"Girl in Golden Light!"-

Sat. 9/18/10-Pyramid Lake, NV: Steve Hinton tucks-in on the tail of the AKANG C-130 Herc photoship flying Rod Lewis' famous ultra-rare WW2 Lockheed P-38F Lightning twin-engined pursuit fighter-"Glacier Girl" (41-7630/NX17630).

Basking in the warm golden glow of a beautiful Sierra-Nevada desert sunset, there's no doubt this Girl's eternally-happy to have been rescued fm her deep frigid tomb down-underneath the vast frozen Greenland Icepack & restored to be back-flying in her favorite element.

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[BuckyD]

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"Famous Family Flyers"-

Photos (L-R):

1. "Wien Brothers' Widgeons"- Merrill Wien flies his gorgeous authentically-restored USCG Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon amphibian flying boat N1340V (s/n-1228), w/brother-Richard Wien as his wingman- flying his own Widgeon-J4F-2 N90727 (s/n-1334), while enroute Tanglefoot Seaplane Base @ Cavanaugh Bay on beautiful Priest Lake, ID-7/14/93. Merrill & Richard are the sons of famous Alaskan pioneer bush pilot-Noel Wien.

2. Merrill Wien & son-Kurt Wien inside the cockpit of Merrill's Widgeon @ Ketchikan International Airport, Alaska-7/4/90. Merrill’s a renowned aviator in his own right,-including having-been check pilot f/the Commemorative Air Force's WW2 Boeing B-29 Super Fortress 4-engined heavy bomber-"Fifi".

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[BuckyD]

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"Jet Dogfight in the Desert"-

Sun. 9/14/08-Reno NCAR-Jet Gold Final: Lee Behel's V-tailed Fouga Magister Race #55 hugs the deck in a duel w/Robert 'Hoot' Gibson's canary-yellow L-39 #54, w/Cliff Magee's crimson L-39 running right on their tails in true- 'hot-pursuit'.

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