Reno Air Races 2002
Actually I took this photo of the F-14 Tomcat at the Air Races in September 2000. They had an F-14 this year but I didn't get any good shots of it. |
I'm not much of a breakfast eater --
I only had some to be sociable. -- :-) |
As you can see, we had box seats this year.
(after the races were over) |
Here's the younger portion of our crew, posing with Dago Red, the P-51 which won the Unlimited Gold Race. |
There was so much wind and dust in the air that I thought the race may be postponed. Here's another view of Dago Red after having won the Unlimited Gold Race from some distance down the ramp. |
The "Heritage Formation".
An F-16, two P-51's and a P-38. |
A liquid-cooled Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 engine, an engine used by British Fairey Fireflys.
Thanks to Tom Griffith mustangtmg@yahoo.com for corrections. |
Here's the Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 engine mounted in a Fairey Firefly. Note the tubular engine mount which holds the engine in the airplane. Or, as a friend correctly observed, holds the airplane to the engine!
Thanks to Tom Griffith mustangtmg@yahoo.com for corrections. |
Amazing mechanism allows the British Fairey Firefly wings to be quickly and compactly folded back to save space during carrier operations.
Thanks to Tom Griffith mustangtmg@yahoo.com for corrections. |
Two of the younger members of our group pose with the Rare Bear, a highly modified F-8 Bearcat. At a 481 mph average speed on the course in 1991, "The Bear" held the all-time speed record for Unlimited Racing. |
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