Once a year, Stead Airport erupts with the sound of the fastest motorsport on Earth. The Reno Air Races are one of the most iconic aviation events of the year. After finally attending my first air races last year, I made my way back up to Reno again this past September for this spectacular event. […]
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Reno, 2019
Posted by Steve Lewis on January 25th, 2020
Posted in airshows, Racers, Re-purposed warbirds, warbirds 
Tags: National Championship Air Races, Nevada, Reno Stead Airport, Unlimited air racing 
Comments Off on Reno, 2019Warbirds at the 2014 Reno Air Races
Posted by Ken Kula on November 13th, 2014
The 51st National Championship Air Races brought a large number of warbirds to the Nevada desert. Some competed in the air, some competed on the ground, while others were just displayed to honor their military heritage. The races have always attracted a fair amount of veteran aircraft, especially since three of today’s race classes […]
Posted in airshows, Racers, Uncategorized Tags: A-26C Invader, Aero, Air Corps, biplane, Brian Reynolds, C-47, Commemorative Air Force, F4U Corsair, F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, Harvard, Hawker Sea Fury, L-29s, L-39s, Lockheed Orion, military hardware, monoplane, Nevada, Nevada desert, Pratt and Whitney, PZL TS-11 Iskra, racer, Rick Clemens, Sea Furies, sea Mustangs, Spitfire, Steve Hinton, T-33, T-6, the People's Choice Comments Off on Warbirds at the 2014 Reno Air RacesNational Championship Air Races 2013
Posted by davebudd on October 31st, 2013
The period beginning in the early 1930’s and culminating in the late 1940’s saw the most dramatic advancement of the aircraft in history. At the hands of designers and engineers such as Dutch Kindelberger, Lee Atwood, Don Berlin, Howard Hughes, Kelly Johnson and Willie Messerschmitt, aircraft matured from wire and strut braced designs to streamlined […]
Posted in Museums, Racers Tags: A. Bob Hoover, A6M Zero, Arizona, Beau Goff, Clay Lacy, Commemorative Air Force, Don Berlin, energy, Europe, F7F Tigercat, Fury, Griffon, Grumman, Hawker Sea Fury, head for the back stretch, Kelly Johnson, L-39, Lear, Lee Atwood, Matt Jackson, metal-on-metal contact, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Mustang, Nevada, oil, oil cooling system, oil flowing, orange and blue paint, P-51, P-51 Mustang, P-51 Mustangs, paint, Phoenix, pilot, Precious Metal, Reno, Rolls Royce, Sea Furies, smoke systems, Soviet Union, Sr., Steve Hinton, Steve Hinton , Sr., Steve Hinton Jr., Steven Hinton, Stockton Field Aviation Museum, Supermarine Spitfire, T-6, the Formula One, the Heritage, United States, United States Marine Corps, WWII, yellow splotch paint finish 21 Comments »