SkyfireVideo Presents

Exclusive video of the
Reno National Championship Air Races

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...that draws over 100,000 flight fans anually, the National Championship Reno Air Races. This 1996 edition was recorded with cutting-edge digital equipment for the highest picture resolution to date. With CD quality stereo sound, the roar of the radials will rattle your windows while the angry growl of Rolls-Royce Merlins grind your grout.

Meet the country's most celebrated air racers one-on-one. Thrill to nail-biting action from vantage points out on the course where no-one's been allowed. Catch the hi-jinks on the apron, and find out what makes these pilots tempt fate, skirting pylons at hundreds of miles-per-hour barely 50 feet above the desert floor. Even if you were there that September, there are events on this tape you just couldn't see...unless you were part of the Skyfire crew. So join the flight team and get ready to...

...Fly on the edge of your seat!

1996 Reno Unlimited Class Gold Race Results
8 laps / 72.580 Miles / September 15,1996
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Bill Destefani 7 P-51 D Strega 467.948 (1)
David Price 4 P-51 D Dago Red 460.557 (2)
Howard Pardue 66 Sea Fury Fury 374.385 (3)
Brian Sanders 19 Sea Fury 367.424 (3)
Lloyd Hamilton 16 Sea Fury Baby Gorilla 351.795 (4)
Bill Rheinschild 45 P-51 D Risky Business (5)
John Penny 77 F8F-2 RareBear (6)
Bob Hanna 55 P-51 D Voodoo Child
(7)
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(1) Burnt exhaust port, destroyed magneto, running poorly on one mag
(2) Cut pylon 6 on lap 5
(3) Completed 7 laps
(4) Completed 6 laps
(5) Out lap 4 - engine
(6) Out lap 2 - blown cylinder
(7) Out with oil leak as racers entered the chute

1996 Reno Unlimited Class Silver Race Results
7 laps / 63.452 Miles / September 15,1996
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Stu Eberhardt 22 P-51 D Merlin's Magic 375.061
Howard Pardue 14 F8F-1 Bearcat 374.778
Don Crowe 181 Sea Fury Simply Magnificent 361.808
Dennis Sanders 281 Sea Fury 352.196
Thomas Camp 2 Yak 11 Maniyak 349.882
James Michaels 12 P-51 D Queen B 345.249
Sam Richardson 29 Yak 11 Czech Ride 326.413
Robert Converse 71 P-51 D Huntress III out lap 1

1996 Reno Unlimited Class Bronze Race Results
6 laps / 54.324 Miles / September 15,1996
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Brent Hisey 11 P-51 D Miss America 365.258
Jimmy Leeward 9 P-51 D Cloud Dancer 365.067
Joseph Thibodeau 21 P-51 D Crusader 332.460
Rob Patterson 81 P-51 D Lady Jo 313.026
Art Vance 31 P-51 D Million $ Baby 308.552
Dan Vance 44 P-51 D Sparky 265.347
Sherman Smoot 52 Yak 3 completed 5 laps
David Price 204 F8F-1 did not start

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