Posted on 10/02/2015 11:37:02 AM PDT by EveningStar
What a great time! What a crowd! What amazing racing! This was the best year in a long time!
The week started out with great weather but lots of smoke from the many fires in California. When the wind blew in, the smoke blew out – but the winds brought a new set of issues. The wind was so bad on Sunday, several classes had to stand down from their allotted course time because the winds were above their limits – as addressed in the Rules of Competition.
But by Monday, everyone was back on the course and qualifying began in earnest. The Unlimiteds had two sessions for qualifying each day. By the end of Monday, Stevo Hinton had put up a time of 464.246. Not the fastest he’s ever gone, but the fastest of the day. Each class has their own rule, so in the Unlimiteds you can re-qualify if you want to better your time. Hinton probably thought this would hold, and if not, he could easily go back up by Wednesday to put a better number up.
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Two miles from my house. WOO HOO!
Its alway good to hear from Dasher!
A guy I worked with recently, grandfather was killed at that race a few years ago, he was flying a P-51..
Who was that? Chances are that the author of this article knew him.
Have you ever met her? She’s a wonderful person. :)
I hated to miss it again this year but thanks for your post.
Not Leavitt was it?
Meant Gary Levitz in 1999!
Check your FReepmail. :)
Wow! That Rare Bear F8F is one hell of a hairy beast! I would love to make the trip to Reno one day.
I think that was Jimmy Leeward.
Our unit used to drop the opening act in the morning. When we were done, we parked our C-130 right next to the taxiway used by the participants. I would go out to the end of the wing and watch them all taxi by. Good times.
Who?
A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner.
The man took out his wallet, extracted fifty dollars and asked, “If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of dinner?”
“No, I had to stop drinking years ago,” the homeless man replied.
“Will you spend this on flying airplanes instead of food?” the man asked.
“Are you NUTS!” replied the homeless man. “I haven’t flown in over 20 years!”
“Well,” said the man, “I’m not going to give you money. Instead, I’m going to take you home for a shower and a terrific dinner cooked by my wife.”
The homeless man was astounded. “Won’t your wife be furious with you for doing that?
The man replied, “That’s okay. It’s important for her to see what happens to a man after giving up drinking and flying!”
Good lord! How could I have forgotten that. (slaps self on head)
Yes it was..
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