Reno Air Race pics

[Ratters]

Sorry for the low quality, cell phone pics and I'm not a good photographer. :teeth

My favorite plane of all time, F4u corsair

F4u-1 with the 3 blade prop. Was actually in Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Ok, one more, I love this freakin plane

 

[Ratters]

F7F Tiger Cat on the ramp

Centaurus powered Sea Fury. Sleeve valve engine. So cool.

Sparky at sunset

 

[Ratters]

Wildcat at night

Sparky and the Tow Bot

Hellcat and Bearcat

 

[Ratters]

T-6 lineup

F22

 

[Ratters]

Ok, one more Corsair:

And a quick fly by on the course

 

[byke]

Super badass! I keep missing this event, damn it. If you have moar pics, don't hold back!

 

[dkcwenge]

awesome! love the pictures

 

[f4ibri]

The only thing prettier then a corsair is the sound of a P51. Great pics.:thumbup

 

[2strokeYardSale]

re: Hellcat

Has destroyed more aircraft than any other plane and I think has the highest kill ratio of any other plane.

 

[elbacalao]

I always did love the Corsair. Used to love BaBaBlack Sheep too!

 

[PorradaVFR]

Wow...those are great pics, don't sell yourself short.

 

[BWells]

awesome pictures dude. love those old planes.

 

[Ratters]

The only thing prettier then a corsair is the sound of a P51. Great pics.:thumbup

Ok, how about two of them. Sparky is the one behind.

 

[Oh My Sack!]

The F4U is by far my favorite. Back in '93, we made a significant donation to Planes of Fame in Chino to have the operational F4U they had fly out over the ocean, off of Newport Beach, while we scattered my Dad's ashes. He was a USN Veteran and Pearl Harbor Survivor. My brothers and I were pretty sure he would have appreciated that gesture.

We also had a very close family friend that was a Chief of Surgery at a SoCal Hospital that flew the F4U in the South Pacific theater during WWII. The stories he would tell about his experiences in that bird were absolutely incredible. I use to hang on his every word, completely awestruck. And they were just kids, then.