RARE Reno Air race Footage from the 80�s WARNING Level of BAD ASS is 100%!!

SleepyC · , 02:47 PM

Just...... DAMN!!!!!

*RARE* Reno Air Races, Mid 1980's Highlights (12 min 32 sec)

SleepyC · , 02:50 PM

I just can’t see the spectator area ever being like that again... WOWOWOW.

Propstriker · , 03:52 PM

The "Buzz Hill Gang"!!

Free Bird · , 05:56 PM

Talk about the best seat in the house! Damn!

FB

Shaker · , 06:41 PM

My 1st trip to Reno was in 1984. SO many memories.

I met Pappy Boyington there that year, bought his book, got it signed, and talked to him for a short while.
I fell in love with the F8F Bearcat that year, watching Howard Pardue's aerobatic display and racing.
I fell in love with the Pitts Special watching Bob Herendeen, one of the greatest Pitts drivers EVER!
Lefty Gardner in the P-38 Lightning.
Brian Sanders in Dreadnaught.

Literally nothing else has given me the same feeling as hearing the Unlimited Gold race heading down the shoot onto the course. Nothing. It's intense beyond description.

flying skunks · , 06:51 PM

That must have been Awesome ..

funboy · , 08:05 PM

Heaven on Earth!

Huckin Chuck · , 08:16 PM

WOW

ponyboy082662 · , 08:21 PM

OMG...i need a shower and a cigarette after that.!!!!!

dhal22 · , 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by funboy

Heaven on Earth!

Indeed................

BigAl · , 12:25 PM

They won't ever let you that close to the pylons anymore

wish I was around back then to experience that!

Pistolera · , 03:11 PM

Wow, best seat in the house! Clearly some of the pilots LOVED giving them a barn-burner

jhelber08 · , 05:33 PM

Sweet!

reyn3545 · , 06:11 PM

I have a question for you Reno (and other race) buffs.... These planes seem to always use 4-blade props, but our little toys fly faster on 2-blade setups. Is that just because the real planes have enough torque to get the speed out of more blades?

scott m lyons · , 06:32 PM

I'm going to assume that they have so much power that a properly loaded two or three blade would be so large it would hit the ground. So to load the engine correctly a 4 blade is used .

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