'BUCK SHOTS'

[BuckyD]

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"Gold Race Gladiator!" ~

Sun. 9/16/12-Reno NCAR-Breitling UNL Gold Championship Final: Dennis Sanders & Hawker Super Sea Fury~ #8-'Dreadnought' (NX20SF) are captured approaching Outer 4 Pylon, -while running for the money & holding-down 3rd-place.

DBD

[BuckyD]

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"The Mighty Jug!" ~

1- Sun. 5/17/09-Planes of Fame Airshow-Chino, CA: Warbird pilot-Mike DeMarino taxis-in POF's P-47G (N3395G). Republic Aviation’s famous P-47 Thunderbolt was the largest, heaviest, and most-expensive single-engine production fighter of WW2 & 15,686 were built. Nicknamed~ 'The Jug', it flew combat in both the ETO & Pacific, and was the mount of Hub Zemke's famous 'Zemke's Wolfpack'/56th Ftr. Group in Europe. Armed w/eight .50-caliber machine guns & as a fighter-bomber, a fully-loaded P-47 weighed up to 8-tons & could carry over half the bomb weight of a B-17! The big & mighty T-Bolt was also renowned f/it’s rugged reputation of being able to withstand a tremendous amount of combat battle damage & still remain airworthy to bring home her pilot. POF's rare 'Razorback' P-47G (AAF#42-25254) is painted-up to represent the mount of famous WW2 8th USAAF Ace- Col. Walker M. 'Bud' Mahurin (63FS/56FG): P-47D "Spirit of Atlantic City, NJ (AAF#42-8487). Mahurin scored 21V's during WW2, flying combat in both the ETO & Pacific Theater. Mahurin also earned 3.5V's flying F-86 Sabre Jets in Korea.

2- 'Warbird Fighter Pilot'~ Mike DeMarino looks-out fm his lofty cockpit perch, ready to fly Planes of Fame Air Museum's ultra-rare 'razorback' Republic P-47G Thunderbolt (N3395G)-Sat. 5/16/09.

3- "Thunderbolt!"~ Sat. 5/16/09-Planes of Fame Airshow-Chino, CA: POF's big bad WW2-era Republic P-47G Thunderbolt pursuit fighter makes a dramatic low flypast f/the crowd, w/pilot-Mike DeMarino at the controls.

Note: The last time we saw a rare pylon-racing appearance by a Thunderbolt was @ the '95 Phoenix 500 Air Races. It sure would be a treat to see a P-47 back in competition once again someday in the future!

DBD

[BuckyD]

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'Fast New Shape in the Sky!' -

*Reberry 3M1C1R ~ Race#13-'September Fate'*

1- "Gullwing Speedster On-The-Run!"~ Tue. 9/11/12-Reno NCAR-F1 Qualifying & Practice: Dramatic frontal-view capture of F-1 race pilot/owner~Brian Reberry making his 238.095-mph Q-run flying his stunning new custom-designed Reberry 3M1C1R racer~ #13-'September Fate' (N913FT), to post 4th-fastest in-class & 4th in Sunday's Gold final event, w/this impressive 'fresh-out-of-the-box' competition aircraft.

2- "Reberry Racer!"~ Mon. 9/10/12-Reno NCAR-F1 Qualifying & Practice: Brian Reberry's #13-'September Fate' displays it's sleek & elegant design lines going-by the racecourse pylon early in the week flying practice laps.

3- "Passin' Traffic!"~ Sun. 9/16/12-Reno NCAR-Formula One Gold Final: A brief exciting tight duel ensues out on the W. end of the racecourse, as Brian Reberry's gullwing #13-'September Fate' in 4th-place~ accelerates to get around Doug Bodine's yellow Cassutt #96-'Miss Demeanor' holding the inside track running in 6th-place, during Sunday's 8-lap F-1 Gold Trophy showdown.

4- "Greasing The Stick"~ Wed. 9/12/12-Reno NCAR-F1 HT1A: Brian Reberry turns the pylon flying a tight courseline w/'September Fate' holding-down 5th-place in this 8-lap heat, w/an average speed of 231.167-mph.

5- "Sharing The Moment"~ Sun. 9/16/12-Reno NCAR-Awards Banquet: Race pilot-Brian Reberry proudly-shares the on-stage spotlight w/his cute young daughter, while receiving his Formula One Class 4th-place Gold Trophy fm awards presenter-Ms. Tara Bowlby-Miss Reno Rodeo 2013, f/his impressive innaugural debut of 'September Fate' by logging 232.334-av/mph in Sunday's 8-lap F-1 Gold final.

'Major Kudos of Thanks' fm air racing fans to~ Brian Reberry & his race team family for all your hard efforts on a successful debut of this exciting new-design Formula One Class raceplane!

DBD

[FlyKidChris]

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Nice shots of September Fate, Bucky. Thanks.

S.F. is quite the intriguing machine and congrats to Brian and team for a job well done.

[sledge39]

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"The Mighty Jug!" ~

...POF's P-47G (N3395G)...

...N3395G ...has been with TAM/POF since 1950

...seen at Chino July 1971 ...pilot Roscoe Diehl...
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[Chad Veich]

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...seen at Chino July 1971 ...pilot Roscoe Diehl...

Probably taken not too long before the "off runway excursion" sidelined her for many years. I've been to nearly every PoF airshow since 1986 and, though I'm sure there must have been more, I can only recall one time that the Jug was not on the tarmac. I look forward to seeing her every year. Now if they would only bring it up to the same standard of authenticity as the TFC Jug that would be the icing on the cake.

[Danno]

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As long as you're talking about P-47's, here is a nice example from Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection. These were taken at General Aviation Day on May 9th, 2009.

Danno

[BuckyD]

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'Night Moves' ~

Sun. 9/14/91-Reno NCAR: John Sandberg's dedicated crew works into-the-night, -readying the legendary Bruce Boland-designed custom Unlimited Class RR Merlin-powered racer~ #18-'Tsunami' (NX39JR), f/the start of race week qualifications & practice the following morning, w/team pilot-Skip Holm at the controls.

DBD

[Big_Jim]

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Where they damaged the prop mechanism.....

[BuckyD]

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"Seasoned-Shooter" ~

Thur. 9/11/08-Reno NCAR: Veteran photo-journalist~ Atsushi 'Fred' Fujimori sports a well-decorated photographer's shooting-vest, while-on-the-job working the Stead Field ramp. My old friend & colleague~'Freddy' has been at-it a long time, and travels-regularly all the way from Japan on-assignment. He's 'captured' in this 'Buck Shot'~ focusing his telephoto lense on aviation pilot icon-Clay Lacy up in the cockpit of a Grumman F7F Tigercat about to go flying.

Air race photogs & fans alike- have made it a 'time-worn tradition' to proudly show-off their years of experience attending airshow & race venues by wearing a multitude variety of colorful embroidered event patches on their vests & jackets. Event pins are also popular on hats too, f/the same purpose.

DBD

[BuckyD]

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"True-Blue!"~

Today's the birthday of America's legendary~ U.S. Marine Corps & I thought it would be fitting to honor this 'Always-Faithful' & courageous branch of our Armed Forces, w/a trio of USMC night-fighter finished Grumman F7F Tigercat photos to mark the occasion.

Photos (L-R):

1- "Semper Fi!"~ Sun. 5/17/09-Planes of Fame Airshow-Chino, CA: 3-ship formation flypast of USMC Grumman F7F Tigercat fighters thrills the crowd watching below.

2- "T-Cats On-The-Prowl"~ Sat. 9/18/10-Pyramid Lake, NV: Grumman F7F-3s- #55-'Here Kitty Kitty'- flown by Stewart Dawson & #1-'Big Boss Man'- flown by Rod Lewis,~tuck-in on the tail of the AKANG C-130 Hercules photoship. (~Both competed @ Reno 2010 NCAR-An Air Racing History 'First'.)

3- "Night-'n-Day"~ Sun. 9/16/12-Reno NCAR-UNL Silver Final: Stewart Dawson takes-over race-pilot chores flying team mate pilot/owner-Rod Lewis' USMC night-fighter finished- Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat #55-"Here Kitty Kitty" (N700F), -steering the big twin-radial pursuit a/c around the racecourse pylons. Dawson finished the 7-lap Silver in 4th-place @ 359.200-av/mph & then jumped right-into their team's multi-Gold winning steed- #77-'Rare Bear' to compete in the Brieitling Unlimited Gold Championship Race. (Safe to say~ "Stew REALLY loves to~'Fly-'n-Race'!" ;>)

DBD

[BuckyD]

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"Wild Horses" ~

Most of these mighty Vee-engined heavy-metal thoroughbreds have all now come 'n gone, but our exciting memories of their amazing fast-galloping competitive showings out on the Unlimited racecourse during years' past live-on & everyone has their own favorite steed...

Thanks to all the caretakers, pilots & crew, who fielded these beauties over the years making modern-era air racing history with them, while running against their 'Big Roundy' rivals.

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?t=5943

DBD

[Big_Jim]

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Thanks for a great holiday treat, Bucky! Emil's shot of Skip in Jeannie and your shot of Don in THE Precious Metal just made my day! Old school racing Mustangs at their best.

[Leo]

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Yes, thanks!
Jeannie and the RB, my all-time favorites.

[stuntflyr]

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The picture of Sumpthin' Else is perfection. It captures the essence of film photography and being at the right place at the right time while knowing what you're doing.
Plus, it's a picture of the airplane at it's peak.
Chris...