Reno Air Races

[NICKYPOO]

Here's one for you Matt. First lap of the Jet final.

[NICKYPOO]

One of Mike Browns other race planes The F7F Tiger Cat "Big Boss Man" and Bob Hoover's old P-51 "Ol' Yeller". These two battled like this all week long.

[NICKYPOO]

A few from the ramp on 9-10-06.
Left to right: Septermber Pops, September Fury, Pardue Bear Cat, Strega

[NICKYPOO]

The new motor for my Tige. 4000 HP supercharged V-12 Rolls Royce Merlin.

[dogbert]

Originally posted by NICKYPOO
The new motor for my Tige. 4000 HP supercharged V-12 Rolls Royce Merlin.

Nice! Kinda solves the ballast problem, too. You'll probably need one of those closed circuit RV cameras so you can see your rider

[NICKYPOO]

One week later and these guys would be Champs for the first time.

[NICKYPOO]

The new Champs other toy. More money than God.

[NICKYPOO]

On the coarse, September Pops. On the runway, #57 Corsair. Taxiing, Czech Mate.

[dogbert]

Originally posted by NICKYPOO
The new Champs other toy. More money than God.

My second most favorite plane from WWII! That's an awesome pic!

[NICKYPOO]

Hi Dog! How ya' been? Good. Me? Great!
Race 20 from my "box seat".

[Matt Garcia]

Very nice Nickypoo. That event looks like a lot of fun.

Uh, by the way how does one own an F7F?

I built one once, of course it was a 1/72 scale.

[Original Wing Nut]

awesome pics. I may have to come out next year. I love the old WWII planes. I have a mural in my den of an air field with p-51's in the air. I fly RC's and used to fly combat with them for several years. Now I haven't been able to find the time. Anyway looks like an awesome event.

[Moki]

Originally posted by NICKYPOO
The new motor for my Tige. 4000 HP supercharged V-12 Rolls Royce Merlin.

I had one of these in my boat, but I switched back. The gas mileage was very poor and it kept pulling peoples' arms off when wakeboarding or skiing.

[Moki]

Awesome pictures.

2007 Reno, here I come.

[sparky216]

damn just found out a good friend of ours who races there crashed his plane coming back to CA......