Bryan Wood
Well Known Member
Just sitting in a hotel room in Reno and a teaser was on the TV for a 7 episode series called "The Road to Reno" that chronicles the Air Races. It will cover the pylon school, building of the planes, and lots of racing footage. The video they showed from inside a Mustang was pretty cool and even had the engine guages and flight instruments in the corner of the screen. The narrator said that the goal is to build up the races so that they are televised and rival a Nascar event, but that they need to raise exposure to accomplish that goal. From the footage that they showed it looks like the footage that 16R used to sell the video but didn't include in the film. I'll try to learn more about the schedules if I can today and update here later.
Yesterday I went to Stead for the day. Wow. When I get home to a full sized keyboard I'll post about it. One of many things was a tour and conversation by a pilot who flies a Mig 21. It has a 1 inch pipe with a nozzle shooting fuel into the exhaust for a little extra boost. Okay, all the fighters have burners, but after talking about it he lit it off right in front of me and pointed it up. Today I'm going back to sit in a Super Corsair. For those with flying planes a trip to Stead field is a great destination. Maybe a good place for a fly inn. It has the same feel as your local airport with open hangers and welcoming pilots and builders doting over their planes except these planes happen to be RV's, and war birds. It is a great place.
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Yesterday I went to Stead for the day. Wow. When I get home to a full sized keyboard I'll post about it. One of many things was a tour and conversation by a pilot who flies a Mig 21. It has a 1 inch pipe with a nozzle shooting fuel into the exhaust for a little extra boost. Okay, all the fighters have burners, but after talking about it he lit it off right in front of me and pointed it up. Today I'm going back to sit in a Super Corsair. For those with flying planes a trip to Stead field is a great destination. Maybe a good place for a fly inn. It has the same feel as your local airport with open hangers and welcoming pilots and builders doting over their planes except these planes happen to be RV's, and war birds. It is a great place.
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