Some Air Race pictures

[westwall]

As many of you know I spend a great deal of time at the Air Races in Reno (and have done so since 1969) every year and am friends with the race pilots and various crews. Here are a few pics of this years race and some of the show.


I was in the Jet Class pits for the races so they are a little truncated because of that. We were working on an L-29 and I had to grab quick shots when I was able to.

 

[Stasha_Sz]

Pity there is not a "totally awesome" rating. These photos would certainly earn one from me. F4U & P-38, tremendous machines!

 

[Hossfly]

As many of you know I spend a great deal of time at the Air Races in Reno (and have done so since 1969) every year and am friends with the race pilots and various crews. Here are a few pics of this years race and some of the show.


I was in the Jet Class pits for the races so they are a little truncated because of that. We were working on an L-29 and I had to grab quick shots when I was able to.

Great pics! The first fighter plane I ever saw was a P-38 at Martin Aircraft in Baltimore in 1943. My mother worked at Martin and took me to see it while it was on a visit there. I fell in love at first sight and it still gives me a thrill when an air show comes to town with one.

 

[mhansen2]

Love that "Fork-Tailed Devil."

Glad to see how many survive.

Surviving P-38 Lightnings

 

[westwall]

Here are a few more. The last two are of Voodoo low and fast...

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Outstanding photographs, Westwall!

 

[Stasha_Sz]

As many of you know I spend a great deal of time at the Air Races in Reno (and have done so since 1969) every year and am friends with the race pilots and various crews. Here are a few pics of this years race and some of the show.


I was in the Jet Class pits for the races so they are a little truncated because of that. We were working on an L-29 and I had to grab quick shots when I was able to.

Great pics! The first fighter plane I ever saw was a P-38 at Martin Aircraft in Baltimore in 1943. My mother worked at Martin and took me to see it while it was on a visit there. I fell in love at first sight and it still gives me a thrill when an air show comes to town with one.

Must have been pretty special for a kid back then to get up close and personal with a top of the line war machine.
The first fighter I remember seeing was the F11 back in the early '60's at an airshow in Ohio, flown by the Blue Angels. The first one I ever got up close to was an F8 Crusader at another airshow back then. It was static, so I could really take in the massiveness of the machine. My folks told me that when I was really little, before we came to the States, I would point & shout whenever the then Yugoslav airforce's MiGs would fly overhead. I do not remember that, unfortunately...

 

[Hossfly]

As many of you know I spend a great deal of time at the Air Races in Reno (and have done so since 1969) every year and am friends with the race pilots and various crews. Here are a few pics of this years race and some of the show.


I was in the Jet Class pits for the races so they are a little truncated because of that. We were working on an L-29 and I had to grab quick shots when I was able to.

Great pics! The first fighter plane I ever saw was a P-38 at Martin Aircraft in Baltimore in 1943. My mother worked at Martin and took me to see it while it was on a visit there. I fell in love at first sight and it still gives me a thrill when an air show comes to town with one.

Must have been pretty special for a kid back then to get up close and personal with a top of the line war machine.
The first fighter I remember seeing was the F11 back in the early '60's at an airshow in Ohio, flown by the Blue Angels. The first one I ever got up close to was an F8 Crusader at another airshow back then. It was static, so I could really take in the massiveness of the machine. My folks told me that when I was really little, before we came to the States, I would point & shout whenever the then Yugoslav airforce's MiGs would fly overhead. I do not remember that, unfortunately...

My father and mother and 3 uncles all worked at Martin Aircraft until late '43 when all the men were drafted at the same time, My father was a welder and worked on the B-26 and the JRM 3 "Martin Mars," the largest flying boat in the world at the time. We lived on the riverbank opposite the assembly plant and the water in front of our house was a seaplane take-off and landing area. I was fascinated by the big flying boats but had to be reassured by my mother that they wouldn't land on our house.

Picture of the Mars.

 

[westwall]

As many of you know I spend a great deal of time at the Air Races in Reno (and have done so since 1969) every year and am friends with the race pilots and various crews. Here are a few pics of this years race and some of the show.


I was in the Jet Class pits for the races so they are a little truncated because of that. We were working on an L-29 and I had to grab quick shots when I was able to.

Great pics! The first fighter plane I ever saw was a P-38 at Martin Aircraft in Baltimore in 1943. My mother worked at Martin and took me to see it while it was on a visit there. I fell in love at first sight and it still gives me a thrill when an air show comes to town with one.

Must have been pretty special for a kid back then to get up close and personal with a top of the line war machine.
The first fighter I remember seeing was the F11 back in the early '60's at an airshow in Ohio, flown by the Blue Angels. The first one I ever got up close to was an F8 Crusader at another airshow back then. It was static, so I could really take in the massiveness of the machine. My folks told me that when I was really little, before we came to the States, I would point & shout whenever the then Yugoslav airforce's MiGs would fly overhead. I do not remember that, unfortunately...

My father and mother and 3 uncles all worked at Martin Aircraft until late '43 when all the men were drafted at the same time, My father was a welder and worked on the B-26 and the JRM 3 "Martin Mars," the largest flying boat in the world at the time. We lived on the riverbank opposite the assembly plant and the water in front of our house was a seaplane take-off and landing area. I was fascinated by the big flying boats but had to be reassured by my mother that they wouldn't land on our house.

Picture of the Mars.

Here's the Hawaii Mars at Oshkosh. A damned impressive aircraft!

 

[westwall]

Here are some pictures from the control tower after the races were over. We were collecting some of the electronics gear and I snapped these while the wiring was being unwound. The second picture is the Jet Pits and that is where I was taking the race pictures from. We were right up next to that RV you see in the middle right of the picture.

 

[Syriusly]

As many of you know I spend a great deal of time at the Air Races in Reno (and have done so since 1969) every year and am friends with the race pilots and various crews. Here are a few pics of this years race and some of the show.


I was in the Jet Class pits for the races so they are a little truncated because of that. We were working on an L-29 and I had to grab quick shots when I was able to.

Great shots. I will have to go back- I haven't been to the race in decades.