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  • AIR RACES GOLDEN DAY: SEPT. 20

    September 21, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    National Championship Air Races - Hoot Gibsone and owner Tiger Destefani with the winner's trophy.

    Air Races end on a Sunday, a special day for pilots and crews as its time to let it all hang out. STEAD (Sept. 20) – Sunday is the golden day for the six air racing classes as that when their respective national championships are on the line. So for the pilots and the teams it’s a golden day, one that ends about a year’s worth of preparation and effort that gives the winners bragging rights for a full year. The stars of the show are the Unlimiteds, piston powered, propeller driven and usually war birds. And the Breitling Gold

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  • FASTEST PILOTS AT THE AIR RACES

    September 18, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    National Championship Air Races - Rick Vandam laid down the fastest lap during qualifying.

    Fastest pilots at the Air Races put down ripping laps during qualifying. And now here they are. STEAD – Now that everyone had raced its time to introduce the fast qualifiers at this years NCAR. These are the ones that everyone wants to catch and pass. Fastest of all is Rick Vandam, who flies a L-39 jet and posted his fast lap at 491.036 mph. He bumped Sean Cushing off the pole on the final morning of qualifying. “Qualifying went great, did a little work on the airplane and it went faster. It was windy and bumpy but everyone had

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  • HIGHS AND LOWS FOR F1 RACER

    September 17, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Thom Richard - IF1 and Unlimited racer

    Highs and Lows have marked one racer’s year. And now he’s ready to race at the NCAR. Thom Richard is having a very different and unexpected NCAR experience. But his Florida resident is still having fun in Reno. “This the first time I’m fielding two different race classes at the same time, that’s a bit of a chore to begin with,” he said. “And both airplanes were top contenders so that’s a lot of work. Top line aircraft are very labor intensive as you know.” But before he came to Reno there was a matter of competing in two overseas

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  • FORMULA 1 GOES INTERNATIONAL

    September 15, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    AirRace1 - Jeff Zaltman heads the organization that's taking Formula 1 Air Racing international.

    Formula 1 air racing is not international and one man, with a lot of help from the teams, is working to expand it. STEAD (Sept. 15) – Jeff Zaltman has a dream, one he hopes will bring Formula 1 Air Racing mainstream attention. And with two international air races under his belt, he’s ready for more. “We’re based in Barcelona, Spain and I’m the managing director of the company AirRace1,” he said. “We organize the AirRace1 World Cup which is the international series for Formula 1 air racing. We actually work very closely with the Formula 1 Air Racing Association,

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  • F1 AIR RACING GOES INTERNATIONAL

    December 23, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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    One of the classes at the Reno National Championship Air Races is International Formula One. These purpose build air racers trace their linage back to the golden age of air racing in the 1930s when they were called specials.   AIR RACE 1 WORLD CUP ANNOUNCED – 19 DEC 14 The IF1 (International Formula One Association} has been governing the class for the past seven decades and now they moved their sport ahead as it’s gone international. Last year there was a formula one air race in Europe where most of the pilots were from France. And, after talking with

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