Flying at up to 450mph, wingtip-to-wingtip, just feet above the ground, the Mustangs, Bearcats, Corsairs, and other Unlimited Class air racers are the fastest, loudest, and most powerful piston-engined aircraft in the world. Witness these amazing aircraft, their daring pilots and the dedicated crews as they compete head-to-head at Renos annual pilon air races in Nevada.
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Finally - Photo's, Photo's, Photo's,
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This review is from: Reno Air Racing (Enthusiast Color) (Paperback)
This is a great little book. It provides the perfect balance of technical information without getting wordy, and a great selection of photographs. If you want a story go elsewhere. It includes the very rarely covered Super Corsair with some super pic's.It may not be physically a big book but pound for pound its a champ. Only negative: More More More! Note: Other recommended reading; Wet Wings and Drop Tanks by Birch Matthews, Schiffer Aviation Supershow by Dennis Baldry, Osprey
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Sacrilege? Pushing the old birds to the limit at Reno,
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As with all aircraft photobooks by Michael O'Leary the quality of the photographs range from good to breathtakingly good, but this time there is accompanying text as well, very informative, and an index to find you race favorite. Whatever you might think of what is being done to those last surviving WW2 warbirds at Reno, fact is that some of the most spectacular paint-shemes are flown there, the cover of this book only giving a glimpse of the beauty of what is inside. For the ones of us who like to see just how the world-record holders level flight for piston engines looked like there can be no better book in my opinion, and this book shows them all: Mustangs, Bearcats, Corsairs, Thunderbolts, a Lightning, Furies, a Warhawk, an Airacobra, Kingcobras, Spitfires and even a Yak-3.
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This is a great book with nice color pictures of the Reno racers of the 1970's and early 1980's. Excellent text to go along with the photos. Michael O'Leary wrote this book. What more do I need to say.
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The history of the North American P-51 Mustang as a racing aircraft could fill up several large volumes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unlimited air racing, gold race, racing aircraft, air racers, new racer, race number, air races Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Corsair, Sea Fury, Rare Bear, World War, Dago Red, Pond Racer, Alan Preston, Steve Hinton, North American, Darryl Greenamyer, Skip Holm, John Sandberg, Lyle Shelton, Royal Air Force, John Penney, Red Baron, Rick Brickert, Tiger Destefani, Bruce Lockwood, Gold Championship Race, Neil Anderson, Parts Fury, United States, Bob Yancey, Howard Pardue New!
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The history of the North American P-51 Mustang as a racing aircraft could fill up several large volumes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unlimited air racing, gold race, racing aircraft, air racers, new racer, race number, air races Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Corsair, Sea Fury, Rare Bear, World War, Dago Red, Pond Racer, Alan Preston, Steve Hinton, North American, Darryl Greenamyer, Skip Holm, John Sandberg, Lyle Shelton, Royal Air Force, John Penney, Red Baron, Rick Brickert, Tiger Destefani, Bruce Lockwood, Gold Championship Race, Neil Anderson, Parts Fury, United States, Bob Yancey, Howard Pardue New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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