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  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, […]

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 […]

(click photos for larger views) Hughes H-1, S/N 2; Note the Low-Drag NACACowl Howard Hughes never did anything halfway. From the HK-1 Hercules, a.k.a. “Spruce Goose,” to his business empire, to Jane Russell’s brassiere, Hughes was on the leading edge. His H-1 Racer, designed and built in 1935, was no exception. The H-1 was the […]