Posted on 08/10/2011 10:53:40 AM PDT by EveningStar
Here are a couple fine video promos for the Reno Air Races.
This is last year's promo. Some of you may recognize the pilot at the 2:53 mark.
Reno Air Race Preview 2010 720 HD
Here is more information if you wish to attend this year's races: Official site
I that in this type of racing, they don’t allow drafting or bumping? /s
Rubbin' is racin'.
I'm still waiting for the Rocket Racing League to get off the ground, so to speak.
Deaf Smith,
One of the most fun things as a pilot is to be sitting the right seat when a fairly new pilot gets in the prop wash of a plane seemingly Waaay ahead of them and you lose control.
You start to bob and weave like a boxer who just got his bell rung.
As for drafting, not a good idea.
I.
Would.
Give.
My.
Left.
Stone.
To do that.
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