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Some Reno Air Race Pics

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Thanks for the great photos, Steve!!!:tu

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Hey Darrell, Sparky will be in Chico next Saturday, we may be there too.

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Cool pics Steve! Looks like some fun times.

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Great shots Steve! Some awesome planes there! :banger

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These are some awesome pics. Thanks for posting them up Steve!

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Cool stuff, thanks for posting Steve.

Nice to see Sparky fly again, I'll bet.

The photo below, what aircraft is that? Bugging the heck out of me, I should know it, but I just can't place it right now...

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Originally Posted by Ratters (Post 995622)

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Awesome pictures....some badass planes! :tu

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Very cool to see all those vintage aircraft. Did they really race? If so, which plane won?

Who is this Sparky that all seem to know?

Thanks.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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Originally Posted by T.G (Post 995667)

Grumman TigerCat if my memory is correct.

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Originally Posted by Ratters (Post 995634)

Hey Darrell, Sparky will be in Chico next Saturday, we may be there too.

I'm supposed to be in Fresno... But feel free to buzz my house!!!:tu

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Originally Posted by RBOrrell (Post 995817)

Grumman TigerCat if my memory is correct.

Just looked up the TigerCat to verify and that's it. Thanks! :tu

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Yup, F7F Tigercat. They sound awesome when they fly by.

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Originally Posted by RevSmoke (Post 995744)

Very cool to see all those vintage aircraft. Did they really race? If so, which plane won?

Who is this Sparky that all seem to know?

Thanks.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Yep, they really race, though except for a few of the high dollar race teams most don't really push it. As far as winning, there are different classes. Sparky, which is the ones with all the Jelly Bellys on it, won the Silver, they didn't run a Gold on the last day because the winds got to high but Strega, a race P51 won it because it won the Saturday race. The race planes average in the high 400s around the course where Sparky averages about 340, at maybe 50-60% throttle. Last year Strega did three laps at 500mph. Sparky is my father in law's plane.

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Originally Posted by RevSmoke (Post 995744)

Very cool to see all those vintage aircraft. Did they really race? If so, which plane won?

Who is this Sparky that all seem to know?

Thanks.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

Sparky is a P-51 sponsored by the local Jelly Belly factory and owned by Steve's Father in law. Flown by his Brother in law Brant. :tu

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Awesome pics! Thank you for sharing!

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Great pics! Love the P-38 pics. :banger

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I love old planes like those. There is a Naval Air Museum we visit in Penscola atleast once a year. I have never seen that many "old" planes like that in flight at one place.

Great pics and thanks for sharing!

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