‘STREGA’ DETHRONES ‘VOODOO’ AT RENO AIR RACES 2017
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Strega, a longtime favorite of fans P-51D air racer, won the Gold race in the Unlimited Class at the fifty-fourth National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, Sept. 17.
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Flying Race 8, a Hawker Sea Fury named “Dreadnought,” Joel Swager of Ione, California, captured third place in the Unlimited Gold race at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. He clocked an average speed of 419.76 mph. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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James Consalvi's Mustang, “Strega,” at right, edged out three-time winner Steve Hinton Jr.'s “Voodoo,” left, to win the showcase Unlimited Gold race at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. Consalvi posted a speed of 481.34 mph–only 0.596 mph faster than Hinton–to win the exceptionally close contest. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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Andrew Buehler of Olalla, Washington, flies his Mong Sport “Mistress” in the Biplane Class during the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. He took third place in the Biplane Silver race with a speed of 171.798 mph. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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Vito Wypraechtiger's Cassutt III-M “Scarlet Screamer,” right, gains on Philip Goforth's Stratocaster, “Knotty Girl,” in a turn during the 2017 National Championship Air Races. Wypraechtiger, Race 50, captured third place in the Formula One Gold championship race, with a speed of 228.65 mph. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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The tight cockpit of Sport Class racer “Martin's Legacy” fits Dave Morss of Redwood City, California, like a glove. With a speed of 265.174 mph–his highest of the week–Morss placed fourth in the Sport Silver race at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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The pilot of a U.S. Air Force A-10 waves after performing a heritage flight at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in formation with a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Markings on the jet's nose indicate that it has seen considerable combat. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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William Muszala of Tucson, Arizona, rakes his SNJ-5 “Miss Ellaneous” around a pylon during the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. His speed of 184.901 mph earned sixth place in the T-6 Bronze race. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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“One Moment,” the Lancair Super Legacy raced in the Sport class by Andrew Findlay, wears the colors of 2017 National Championship Air Races sponsor Stihl. Findlay, of Norfolk, Virginia, works for the manufacturer of outdoor power tools. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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Gene McNeely, flying Race 89, “Baby Boomer,” puts the moves on Chris LeFave, flying Race 2, “Bare Essentials,” in a heat race at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. McNeely placed fourth in the T-6 Gold race. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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Zachary McNeill of Corpus Cristi, Texas, pilots “Stealth”–a de Havilland Vampire–around the course at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. He placed second in the Jet Gold championship race, with an average speed of 471.511 mph. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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Steve Hinton Jr. of Chino, California, flies F-51D Mustang “Voodoo” around the course at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. After winning the Unlimited Gold race in 2013, 2014, and 2016–and not finishing the race in 2015–the airplane lost a close race to James Consalvi's Mustang, “Strega,” this year. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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Flying Race 8, a Hawker Sea Fury named “Dreadnought,” Joel Swager of Ione, California, captured third place in the Unlimited Gold race at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. He clocked an average speed of 419.76 mph. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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James Consalvi's Mustang, “Strega,” at right, edged out three-time winner Steve Hinton Jr.'s “Voodoo,” left, to win the showcase Unlimited Gold race at the 2017 National Championship Air Races in Reno. Consalvi posted a speed of 481.34 mph–only 0.596 mph faster than Hinton–to win the exceptionally close contest. Photo by Robert Fisher.
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