News

Aug
12
Redbird Flight Simulations Sponsors Race #92

David Robinson, Pilot of Sport Class aircraft “Race 92” (Pilot Page HERE) is proud to announce securing a corporate sponsor for the 2014 Reno Air Race. While at Oshkosh this year, the race team solidified a full sponsorship with Redbird Flight Simulations, an industry leading flight training and simulation company. Redbird Flight Simulations was established in 2006 with the specific purpose making simulation more accessible to the general aviation industry. Since its inception Redbird has delivered innovative, reliable and high-quality training devices to flight schools, colleges, universities and individual pilots around the world. With more than 800 devices in service worldwide, Redbird has quickly become the fastest growing and most innovative simulator provider in the industry. Redbird has continued to expand their company and scope, and have quite literally begun to shape the way flight training is conducted. From the simulator, to their full service flight school, they are a first class technology and training company. This will be the Redbird Chief Pilot, Jerry Gregoire’s first time to visit the Reno Air Races, and we are honored to have the first visit include a sponsorship. Look for Redbird Racing Team at the Sport Class Pit hangar this year. We are excited to see everyone in Reno. Visit the Redbird web site at http://www.redbirdflightsimulations.com

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Jul
7
Blue Thunder II Crew Report

Press release: For immediate release. “Blue Thunder II Crew Report” Wednesday, July 02, 2014 www.BlueThunderAirRacing.com It has been too long since you have received any information about Blue Thunder II and the crew. In our last report we had installed a new data recorder and preparing for the Mojave Experimental Fly-In. You have all heard about the events at Mojave in other publications and our experience was quite successful. I used the trip down and back as a test to see how we can do in the AirVenture Cup Race on July 27th we can review the results at the Oshkosh Convention.

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Jun
3
The Jon Sharp Story

Recently a company named Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of foam tooling board called Precision Board, detailed the history of the “winningest pilot in the history of air racing”, Jon Sharp.  The definition of winningest pilot would be this: 15 Reno Air Racing National Championships.  This article, beautifully written by Brad Burnett, covers the entire history of Jon Sharp and Team Nemesis from the beginning in Formula 1 to the fire breathing NemesisNXT sport class racer.  Follow the links below to read the full story on the Coastal Enterprises website. Part 1: A detailed history about Jon and his background with manufacturing prototypes Life at Skunk Works Through The Eyes of Jon Sharp” color_override Part 2: Nemesis and his racing career Races in The Sky: The Jon Sharp Story

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Feb
12
Blue Thunder Crew Report 09/25/13

www.bluethunderairracing.com The 2013 Reno Championship air races are in the history books and the Blue Crew must congratulate Jeff LaVelle for his outstanding work and the win in the Sport Gold race. Putting the best spin on second place being the first loser, the Blue Crew is proud of our performance in taking second in the Gold at respectable speeds of 390 and change MPH. Though 390+ was not quite enough to win, it is all we had and we were quite consistent all week long.

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Jan
14
Reno 2013 – A Report from Race 99

Reno 2013 – A Report from Race 99 by Karen Morss www.DaveMorss.com Me: What time are you leaving tomorrow, Dave? Dave: Wheels up, 7am. Me: Isn’t that a little early? Dave: Are you kidding me? There are seven planes there already. And so began our trip to Stead, Nevada for the 50th National Championship Air Races. This year had been fraught with challenges. But you know what they say, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. We were thrilled just to be going. And especially honored by the story in the program, ‘A Racer and his Wife’.

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