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ID 29799 Views: 930 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private North American P-51-D-30NA Mustang	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September -, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N51VC / 6 (cn 44-74502) Racer John Crocker and his crew chief Bill Kerchenfaut chat in front of P-51 "Somethin' Else" at what I believe to be the 1985 air races. John Crocker would perish in the early nineties while ferrying a Convair 340, but the plane, which was converted back to a stock Mustang still lives on as N351DT, "Crazy Horse". (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 24917 Views: 692 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Douglas A-26B/C Invader	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September -, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N4959K / 85 (cn 44-34749) Number 85, This Douglas A-26C Invader piloted by Mike Wright took 8th place in the Unlimited Class Gold Race at the 1985 Reno Races with an average speed of 283.96 mph over the 55.332 mile course. Named "Puss & Boots", this aircraft is still airworthy and based at Tucson in Arizona. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 22220 Views: 625 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Chance Vaught F4U-5NL Corsair	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September -, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NX49092 / N49092 (cn 9434) Resting on the ramp at the 1985 Reno Air Races, this Corsair placed sixth in the unlimited class race with an average speed of 341.878 mph over a 55.332 mile course. This aircraft was written off after it was involved in a collision with a Bearcat at Oshkosh in 1999. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 22075 Views: 696 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rockwell International (Bob Hoover) North American P-51D Mustang	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September -, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N51RH / N13Y (cn 122-41279) Two iconic performers and their aircraft appear in this shot from the 1985 Reno Air Races, Bob Hoover with his P-51 Mustang "Ole Yeller" and Art Scholl with his Pennzoil Super Chipmunk that is now housed in the Udvar Hazy center. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 21666 Views: 925 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September 15, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N14HP / NL14HP (cn 90446) Howard Pardue taxies in his beautiful aircraft at the Reno Air Races in September 1985. He would take fifth place in the Unlimited Silver Class race with an average course speed of 359.415 mph. This aircraft was one of two original prototypes built out of an eventual run of 1,266 airframes, and still flies to this day. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 21664 Views: 750 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Hawker T MK.20S Sea Fury	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September -, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N8476W / NX8476W (cn ES-3615) Rounding a pylon at the 1985 Reno Air Races, this 1948 Hawker Sea Fury (#40, Nuthin Special) came in sixth place in the Unlimited Silver Class race with an average speed of 359.736 mph over a 73.776 mile course. This classic has since been refurbished in England and still flies today as G-RNHF for the Royal Navy Historic Flight. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 21663 Views: 775 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Chance Vought F4U-1D Super Corsair	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September 15, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N31518 (cn Unknown) It's original serial number remains unknown to this day, but this was a standard F4U-1D before being turned into this "Super Corsair" racer in 1982. Pictured here in 1985 at the Reno Air Races shortly before winning the Unlimited Class Gold race with a record speed of 438.186 mph over a 73.776 mile course. This aircraft was destroyed in a crash at the Phoenix 500 race on March 19, 1994. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 21662 Views: 548 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Chance Vought F4U-1D Super Corsair	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, September 15, 1985	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N31518 (cn Unknown) Piloted by Steve Hinton, well known for his stunt flying for the TV series "Baa Baa Black Sheep", aka "Blacksheep Squadron", this All-Coast Forest Products Corsair was the winner of the Unlimited Class Gold race at Reno in 1985 setting a new race record at 438+ mph, and is being signed in magic marker by crew members following the race. With clipped wings a streamlined canopy and twice the horsepower of a standard Corsair, this plane would be destroyed on March 19, 1994 during the Phoenix 500 race seriously injuring the pilot. (OPShots Slide Collection - Photographer Unknown)

ID 6876 Views: 451 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private North American P-51 Mustang	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, - -, -	richillini Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) Taxiing back to the line after landing. Pretty plane and was pretty fast too.

ID 6875 Views: 456 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private North American T-6G Texan	Reno - Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS) USA - Nevada, - -, -	richillini Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) Not a great shot but three old T-6's taxiing was pretty cool.