The Heavenly Race

[Shawn Aro]

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no but i could find out. The bombers right Shawn

[sandramore]

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no but i could find out. The bombers right Shawn

Yeah, the bombers.

[Shawn Aro]

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1976 John crocker in his A-26

[sandramore]

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1976 John crocker in his A-26

Perfect! Thanks, Shawn.

[cdtpf60]

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i'd like to think that they also have one of the great airframe mechanics in Gary Austin up there as well giving them hell in a very smooth seafury.

[MustangFan]

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I know there are others I'm forgetting.

What about crew?

Ralph Payne
"Rotten" Richard Ransopher

Let us not forget two of the greatest motor men ever:
Mel Gregoire
Dwight "Doc" Thorne

[Wilnit]

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Gotta have an engine builder!!!!!!! Dwight "The Doctor" Thorn!!!!!!

[sandramore]

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Let us not forget two of the greatest motor men ever:
Mel Gregoire
Dwight "Doc" Thorne

God, how did I forget Dwight?

[mouse_man_2]

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Not to be picky
Thorn (with no E) like pain in the ass.
Like I was to my brother Dwight some times

Blue skies to all
Mark Thorn

[hm66sk]

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He may be at the the back of the pack but I would like to see Jim Wright in the H-1 Racer out there as well.

Always wondered how Hughes' plane would have done in the pylon environment. It's my understanding that Hughes didn't enter these races because he didn't want to embarass the goverment funded stuff!

[Wilnit]

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Not to be picky
Thorn (with no E) like pain in the ass.
Like I was to my brother Dwight some times

Blue skies to all
Mark Thorn

Thought I had it right but was thrown off by another post...

[cdtpf60]

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and i forgot a fellow aussie.
Guido zuccolli he race a fiat g59 in the late 80's

[hm66sk]

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When I first posted this in another thread, I was going for race pilots and planes that have "passed on". I do stand corrected that Bill Speers was flying Deja Vu, not Pegasus.

And yes it is important we remember all those who lost their lives doing what they loved. And yes there are many more than my original quote.


John Crocker
Lefty Gardner
Jack Sliker
Bob Love
Lloyd Hamilton
Jim Maloney
Al Goss

and surely more I have not listed. All deserve to be on the, Heavenly Air Racing team.

Apologies for not giving you the credit for starting this. I just felt it should have it's own string.

[sandramore]

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Wouldn't you love to sit at a table with all those guys, just to listen to them talk race planes and racing?

[grampi]

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I think it's great, but we need to add some names

John Crocker
Lefty Gardner
Jack Sliker - Escape II
Bob Love
Lloyd Hamilton
Jim Maloney

I know there are others I'm forgetting.

What about crew?

Ralph Payne
"Rotten" Richard Ransopher

Wasn't Bob Love the pilot of the P-51 when Air Progress did a mock dogfight between the Mustang and a Bearcat back in 1973? I still have a copy of that magazine and if I recall, Bob got the best of the Bearcat pilot in 2 out of 3 dogfights, but that was mainly because Bob had a lot more experience than the Bearcat pilot did. That was a very interesting article.