Dale:
I agree. I've loved fast airplanes even longer than I've loved fast cars. If I
get to live a few more years, I'll see the races at Reno. But I can't
prioritize it right now. The neat thing about LSR is I can still see myself as
a potential builder/driver-- but I'll need to devote time and resources to it
immediately. For the air racing, I'm afraid I've waited too late to start.
Maybe see you in Reno some day.
Russ
"Clay, Dale" wrote:
> One day you need to attend the Air Races. You haven't lived until you hear
> a whole pack of unlimiteds fly by "on the deck."
>
> Dale C.
>
> Subject: Re: Recips.
>
> Neil:
> I was an "army brat", and travelled around-- but a lot of my growing up was
> in
> San Antonio, a great air force town. I remember the sound of the 6 Wasp
> Major
> (28cyl) radials on the B-36s (couldn't even hear the 4 little turbojets)--
> like
> prolonged thunder, for minutes at a time. I would lie on my back in the
> sunflowers and watch them for hours, from the time I was 4 'til about 7.
>
> But the first Merlin I ever heard "up close" gave me a better scare than a
> wooden
> roller-coaster. At 12 years old, my best friend's dad (ex- "Mighty Eighth";
> B-17s) took us to a small airshow at Stinson Field. As the audience was in
> the
> bleachers awaiting the opening of the show, a distant scream began to build
> and
> grow closer-- and CLOSER! We all strained to see where the sound was coming
> from, and it was right out of the sun. With the hair standing up on the
> back of
> my neck, I dived under the stands along with everyone else-- and peeked out
> to
> see a P-51D level-off a couple hundred feet above our heads. It's a wonder
> nobody had a heart attack-- or maybe they did; I was so focused on the
> airplanes
> that day, I might not remember. I do remember being glad that I had just
> gone to
> the bathroom! I've wanted a 51D ever since.
> Russ Mack
>
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