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NBAA 2002 Opens Amid New-Model Blitz and Buoyed Spirits It’s a year later, and many things have changed, including the return of confidence for business aviation. The 55th National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention opened Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., and in his first report, AVweb’s Dave Higdon shows that things are almost back […]

Articles from Reno 2002: Complete AVweb Coverage Reno Rare Bear After waiting out IFR weather that stayed until the last possible moment, Sherry Ditmer leapt into the blue skies to visit the mighty Rare Bear racer, which was being prepared for the races at Reno. Leaving Stead, she found herself unable to resist a quick […]

Click any image to view a larger version. Biplanes line up on the runway prior to their qualifing round. The Biplanes along with the Formula 1 class fly early in the morning before the wind picks up An L-39 “Albatross” takes off for a flight around the plyons.Seven of these aircraft race at the same […]

Click any image to view a larger version. The mass balloon launch at the start of the race on Sunday. The cow balloon is milking the wind for all it’s worth. The P-51 “Merlin’s Magic” makes an arrival pass above the runway at Reno. Arriving aircraft are usually allowed a pass just like you see […]

  Aircraft Pilot Avg. Speed Unlimited Gold       1 Dago Red (4) Skip Holm 466.834 2 September Fury (232) Michael Brown 455.965 3 Voodoo (5) Matt Jackson 435.614 4 Risky Business Bill Rheinschild 414.498 5 Merlins Magic Stu Eberhardt 413.967 6 Spirit of Texas Stewart Dawson 400.966 7 Riff Raff Hoot Gibson 394.289 […]

  It was as though the air racing gods decided to make up for last year’s cancellation of the Reno Air Races by jamming as much into the 2002 race week as possible. Race fans saw records set in qualifying, favorites and front-runners knocked out in every imaginable way, new faces among the top Unlimiteds, […]

A year ago, the NBAA board of directors reacted to the horror of 9/11 and the ensuing national airspace shutdown by voting to delay the 54th convention of the National Business Aviation Association, a convention already coming together in New Orleans. By the time the rescheduled convention convened in the Big Easy, the business-aviation community, […]

Shell Oil Products US today announced that its AeroShell engine oil is the “Official Oil of the Reno Air Races.” As the official oil, AeroShell will be used in five of the aircraft classes competing in the races – more than 800 gallons of AeroShell oil products will be used. “Race pilots push their engines […]

“Bleedin’ pigeons!!” Dennis Hall, of Brodhead, Wis., checks the radiator on his Pietenpol with Model A engine. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better

“They should change the name to Shade instead of Breeze.” Paul Hockin, of Raymond, Mississippi and Kirk Hart, of Indianapolis relax a Breeze 3 This page best viewed at 800×600 or better