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| ID 21666 Views: 925 Photo Comments: 0 |
Airline / Aircraft Type | Location and Date | Photographer |
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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 21663 Views: 776 Photo Comments: 0 |
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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 |
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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) | |||
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