Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS
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Don Berliner 2 i5tb3nnwersarp Left Tony LeVier bridged prewar postwar periods Cleveland racesnoing home-bulita lighter planes Thompson Trophy Above Paui Mane Bendix-winning P51 C could fly 2000 miles drop tanks because wet wings Burton Kemp Below Superb P-SIC raced Bill Odom Beguine radiator wing tips Birch Matthews plc G23METER -4 IF H / ---\ C L____________ Paul Mantz NA P51C MUSTANG / WHEN WORLD WAR II ended 1945 great urge return normal way life immediately especially millions GIs back home after years living minute minute Among returnees thousands very skilled pilotsfor terrors war tempered thrill flying some finest airplanes world ready settle down dinary lives after much excitement Fortunately great surplus airplanes grown love P-38 Lightnings P-51 Mustangs F4U Corsairs jets replacing military could bought little $1 OOO flown few hours worth Left Bill Steads Bearcat flown Mira Slovak passes Ben Hulls Mustang pylon turn Reno Right Two North AmertcanAT-6 trainers approach pylon Reno insIde having better posItion ready take over lead Both pictures Jim Larsen cntamhr 1984 59 0123METER - I 0 AB0C510FEET II II I R AIIAIN AB muuu Qo /NA P-510 /______________RB51RedBaron scrap metal first postwar Cleveland racestack course slicked-up Bell lot pilots bought theyopened time trials August 28 itP-39 Airacobra Cobra II flown Alvin learned Cleveland National Airwas very different scene greetedTex Johnston two-lap average Races would resumed Labor Dayspectators Gone Wedell-speed 409 mph totally eclipsed 298 weekend 1946 Suddenly desperateWilliams Lairds Keith Riders andmph record set great Roscoe Tur shortage competitive racers threat-Folkerts place brightlyner 1939 flying hottest custom ened kill sport late 1930s waspainted pretty much stock fighterbuilt racer No wonder old rac erased availability unlimitedplanes potent Rolls Royce Merlining planes stayed stored supply airplanes much faster andV-12s Pratt & Whitney R-2800s inside old racing pilots stayed stronger previously seen atheir cowlshome Tony LeVier qualified P-38 race course first big iron at-376 mph Steve Wittman P-63 King Left start Formula race Rena RayCots Shoestring leads Bob Moeiier#81 BooRay Bob Downey#1 4OleTlger Right hot racing biplanes WllliamsCangie Sundancer developed Midget Mustang home-built Pica Al Chute MArIAI Aviiition cobra 358 mph Earl Ortman Mustang 344 mph wouldnt com pletely strange Cleveland racing fans what knew gone First event program tradi tionally Bendix Race starting Los Angeles attracted largest field ever 15 P-38s four P-51s Corsair P-63 A-26 Invader experi enced Bendix racersJackie Cochran Paul Mantzchose superbly cleaned-up early-model P-51s paid off Mantz won 2046-mile haul 436 mph break Frank Fullers old record 282 mph over 50% Cochran second 421 mph other two Mustangs followed remaining airplanes simply out-classed type race Other events completely new Cleveland Halle Trophy modified AT-6 trainers flown women old restrictions still applied Marge Hurlburt won 201 mph Sohio Trophy what now called Unlimiteds went Dale Fulton P-Si 353 mph race fast enough qualify Thompson Trophy Race Weatherhead Speed Dash completely new sound heard West Side Ohios largest city swish jet-propelled airplanes Limited Ar Air Force Lockheed P-80s won Lt William Reilly 578 mph speed never before dreamed Cleveland Labor Day September 2 jets again took sky time flying around pylon course Maj Gus Lundquist won Jet Division Thompson 516 mph popping lot rivets barely stayed ahead Maj Robin Olds second 515 mph time American air rac ings greatest tradition Thompson Trophy Race dozen airplanes lined up side-by-side grass took starters flag charged past stands wonderful roar pulled up landing gears hauled tight around scatter B0E II 0METER12 I,III ml { K II F FV II LL Ii 7r II,I 0FEET 5 L MONGMONGSTER / Left Chuck Lyfords fast-but-typical P51 D Mustang best performers earlydaysat Rena Jim Larsen plc Right Steve Wltt man raced little Bonzo 1948 GoodyearTrophy Race still competes speed/efficiency races nears 80 Bob Pauiey pic Qnhr OA 1 AB0 Ic II- ~IFDX I CD eli C 1 - No123METER K10FEET 05 ROLLASON BETA B2 pylon Top qualifier Johnston speed stay out front tearing around smoothly lap after lap second place big surprise Thompson veteran Tony LeVier big supposedly out-classed P-38 few thousand hours testing given him knowl edge get out sweetsounding Lightning Johnston cruised home winner record 374 mph LeVier 370 mph Earl Ortman 368 mph last-place pilot broke Roscoe Turners old record solid 20 mph past glorious may have left far behind seemed almost like new sport Oh sure speed sowas marvelous sound engines ex ceeding rational limits some thing missing As fans began file out bleachers before Thompson ended became apparent missed individuality creativity innovation much part old National Air Races long after last hot dog wrappers swept up group men sat down together look future see what could done rekindle spark idea came up under consideration 1939 before war stopped races cold small inexpensive carefully regulated hoped highly com petitive midget racers old plans reviewed brought up date sponsor found willing invest future air racing result Goodyear Trophy Race novel 190 cu class something genuinely different pylon racing class severe restrictions engine size also airframe design Required no 190 cu stock airplane engine no less 66 sq ft wing no less 500 lb empty weight fixed-pitch props fixed landing gear excellent visibility flight tests pilots airplanes Oldtimers predicted dismal failure claiming air racers would turn backs such restrictions freedom demanding let loose design build wished word spread rapidly around country no time midget racers under construction garages barns workshops 1947 Cleveland Races rolled around lots Thompson Bendix-class racers some really-modified AT-6s no fewer 13 new midgets lot handi work experienced people like Art Chesters V-tailed Swee Pea Steve Witt mans Buster near-twin Cosmic Wind Little Toni Minnow built group Lockheed headed Tony LeVier Others completely new few showed races got off start Bendix won again Paul Mantz slick Mustang record 460 mph 62 Model Aviation I. typical airplane type flown Sport Biplane Class stock Pitt Special 8-1 C flown Paul Booth late 1 960a Drawings article Biorn Karatrom Joe DeBona close second 458 mph As 1946 slowest P-S faster other kind airplane Qualifying time trials Thompson led team Cook Cleland Dick Becker rare Goodyear F2G Corsairs powered huge P&W R-4360 radial engines 26 surplus fighers qualified though no records fell Interest Goodyear midgets high due curiosity much anything elsethey different powerful racers fans used see ing series elimination semi-final heats around 22-mile course encir cling spectator area led 15-lap final race nip-and-tuck battle between Bill Brennand Buster Paul Penrose Swee Pea former winning 165857 mph 165393 mph crowd loved close competition almost laps airplanes special safe Everybody seemed have fun experiment clearly success Thompson war attrition Half 12 starters failed finish Tony Janazzo crashed death carbon monoxide leaked cockpit F2G others dropped out mechanical failures Cook Cleland won record 396 mph Dick Becker second 390 mph Air racing going places First stop Miami FL AllAmerican Air Maneuvers January 1948 annual midwinter event always popular very much Clevelands long shadow picked up midget racers Continental Motors sponsor charged ahead Back Cleveland midgets already well established two dozen field Everybody going faster Art Chester qualified new Swee Pea II 180 mph handicapped poor low-speed control its V-tail finals Fish Salmon Minnow won over Steve Wittman Bonzo 1696 mph 1689 mph 1948 Bendix Race yet another win Paul Mantz great Mus tangs time 448 mph Lin Carney flying identical Mantz sec ond 4461 mph Jackie Cochran third 4458 mph closest transcontinental race ever Thompson Trophy Race shaped up like great Chuck Brown P-39Q Cook Cleland F2G topped 415 mph trials three starters fin ished Anson Johnson winning tame 384 mph Engines can take just much punishment before break 1949 Cleveland see end its glory days cost staging show getting too high dustrial sponsors losing interest prop-driven airplanes traditions die hard meet went its usual flair Bendix Race saw another record Joe DeBona won 470 mph Mustang preserving perfect record famed fighter plane race Goodyear Trophy tracted 25 190-cu-in airplanes Billie Robinson setting qualifying record 183 mph Little Toni championship race-12 laps around 1-mile rectangleBill Brennand sur prised everyone winning Wittmans Buster first six finishers sepa rated less six seconds wire Thompson Race favorite round-the-world flier Bill Odom highly-modified P-S 1 Beguine its radiators wing tips started off well misjudged pylon turn Continued page 164 BC September 1984 63 0 ii o12sMETER o5 0ruT SWEE PEA AB SHOESTRING" SCALE RADIO CONTROL VINTAGE sizes21/4___________ 3/43/ 133h 11443/i 11/25 WHE CONTROL-U NE GOLDEN AGE sizes21/4 343 1334 1 4% 11/45 1/ 6/2 ELS FREE-FLIGHT NEW BALLOON 21/441/4 34514 334 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS EROS IN~ SEND $1 POE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 having 20-30 Q500 racers 15-30 Quarter Midget racers 15-25 Formula racers show up contest considered racing area very good Racing area am living now also very successful because few people willing take responsibility get things going keep after prime example what am talking about dont have Pylon Races scheduled Houston surrounding areas over four million people area us will ing go out promote racing stick long enough get something done stop look around can probably count hand spark plugs go-getters area dont get band wagon become As old excuses too much noise no flying field etcthats just much bull Come gang get As people cancelled twoday Formula event just because afraid low turnout will just about guarantee lower turnout next event suggestion Dont try hold event just type racing event has bad turnout other event will pick up promotional standpoint draw people intolets sayFormula usually Q500 Quarter Midget So run weekend con test race three events least two dont know about rest oldtimers out got interested Pylon Racing through becoming involved helping friend cant get some interested something know nothing about Enough Soap Box month Dont forget have something think readers might interested send will pass along See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77302 RacinglBerllner Continued page 63 crashed house killing two oc cupants house well himself Cook Cleland went win record 397 mph Ron Puckett also F2G second 394 mph tragedy left everyone limp obvious could have prevented relocating prewar course over un populated land plans went ahead 1950 Cleveland Air Races. until fighting began Korea June 1950 military pulled out its support no way hold racing usual site bomber plant behind stands put use building tanks races cancelled because Odoms crash Racing least midgets con tinued under sponsorship Conti nental Motors major races Miami Detroit smaller locallysponsored events elsewhere Reading PA Chattanooga TN San Jose CA Westchester NY sport better shape lot people thought would Cleveland things werent exactly great As 1950s moved along scene shifted such places Dansville NY Oshkosh WI Ft Wayne IN action still hot speeds kept getting higher Names like Bill Falck Rivets Tom Cassutt Cassutt Specials Jimmy Miller Little Gem became symbols era werent known outside inner circle racing gradually sport began slip obscurity midair collision Ft Wayne 1960 end ed mini-era unlikely places unlikely person started things up again Bill Stead world champion boat racer decided recreate National Air Races desert near Reno NV Using rare combination racing experience busines knowhow landed con tract ABC-TVs Wide World Sports convinced bunch hard-nosed gamblers way some national attention rival Las Vegas atmosphere Sky Ranch 1964 about much like Cleveland moon western desert plateau 5000 ft above sea level surrounded mountains within spitting distance swinging gambling town lots wind sand single hangar runway Still what counted racing planes pilots fansand enough checkered pylons flags bunting give place look feel air racing Unlimiteds spotlight much Cleveland bunch young hotshot owners Mustangs Grumman Bearcats out show world could pick up Doolittle Turner Cleland left off though ever raced around pylons midgets looked upon something fill empty slots program first official US National Champion ships aerobatics ballooning As new Sport Biplane Ladies Stock Plane classes responses pleas owners Wher nine-day operation completed people washed sand out hair eyes agree rousing success OK wasnt par Cleveland certainly didnt draw crowd press coverage Cleveland its heyday National Air Races after absence 15 years wasnt enough Harrahs Club Race Jackson ville FL hardly Bendix transcontinental won Wayne Adams 341 mph Mustang best cute competitive Sport Biplanes Clyde Parsons Knight Twister 145 mph Stock Plane Race went Irene Leverton Piper Cherokee whoop-de-doo 144 mph Unlimited finals fine race between Bob Love Chuck Lyfords P-51D Mira Slovak Bill Steads Bearcat Love winning 367 mph Miras 356 mph Darryl Greenamyer third modified Bearcat 352 mph disqualified refusing land short dirt strip after race 164 Model Aviation SMOOTH CONTOUR 3h234 131/4 11433/i 11/441/4 2h51/4 midget race small Cleveland standards participation veterans earlier days Steve Witt man Bob Downey Bob Porter last-named flying Deerfly won solid 193 mph pressed first few laps Wittman 60 years old showing no signs slowing Jerry Quarton flew first plans-built Cassutt Racers fifth place Once Reno recognized success country seemed open up air rac ing 1965 major races Tampa FL Lancaster CA Boulder Ci ty NV Palm Springs CAas well Reno Most included newly-active classes generally lacked good planning site preparation made Reno such standout New airplanes pilots popping up everywhere looked like game verge another Golden Age takes enthusiasm turn trial run fixture schedule promising events soon faded Except Reno civic promotion like Cleveland new races get-rich-quick schemes couldnt cope first-year losses City Reno other hand fully behind its new attention-getter ready ante up cash needed As sport faded West picked up Eastfirst Frederick MD Cleveland places may have old grand scale racing Lakefront Airport rather busy ClevelandHopkins Cleveland lot old feeling storage years wasnt room over Lake Erie safe Unlimited race newly-named Formula Ones made lot people remember old days Stock Planes raced likes Judy Wagner Elaine Loening Sport Biplanes Bruce McIntyre Sid White Formula Bill Falck continued string thrilling last-lap victories over Bob Downey Reno other West Coast races Unlimited class saw better better modified Mustangs Bearcats Hawk er Sea Furys Darryl Greenamyer very much charge #1 Bearcat used break 30-year-old pistonengine world speed record flying 482 mph 1968 Modifications other racers included clipped wings tails filled slicked skins tiny canopies greatly boosted engines turning huge propellers sometimes elim ination such accessories~ electrical systems 1969 long-standing ban women racing men around pylons came end racer aerobat Betty Skelton threatened legal ac tion few women entered what mens classes Judy Wagner Bernie Stevenson Formula Connie Marsh Sport Biplanes vanished sport Stock Winning Ideas FOURMOST E$ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Price SB90 Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE PRICE $300 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR QUICKY 500 PRICE $630 KI OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Cockpit Coaming FUR~T Send SASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 RODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 Plane class opened men Another historic change occurred 1970 American grip real racing broken true Formula race held Isle Man off southwest coast Scotland sport class racing quickly caught Europe Under guidance mula Air Racing Association Great Brit ain annual series F/l races has held ever since steadily decreasing difference speeds compared American F/ls Postwar racing through 1960s far safer its prewar version thanks better airplanes better pilots An occasional serious accident done little affect sport. l Cape May NJ races 1971 less five minutes two midair colli sions AT-6 class resulting four deaths Since no innocent bystanders endangered FAA wisely let races continue However emotional impact tragedy would felt years pair accidents followed next year full view 100000 people giant Transpo 72 air show Dulles Airport near Washington DC prototype American version Paris Air Show marred midair collision betweentwo F/l racers pilots escaped some superb flying death other helped doom promising show As other races continued appear vanish great rapidity Reno moved steadily along Speeds topped 425 mph Unlimited 230 mph Formula 200 mph AT-6/SNJ Class 180 mph Sport Biplane class Thanks excellent operation safety record re mained best first eight years completely free serious accidents size crowd limited Renos location housing capacity enthusiasm growing band dedicat ed fans matched Cleyelands old days Great Miami Air Race 1973 showed tremendous promise shaky management kept amateur class second installment never quite hap pened developed popula tion entertainment center Reno could quickly have challenged its place top mountainto benefit everyone As turned out Reno main tained its near-monopoly big-time air racing 1974 American racing scene just Reno few small races Midwest West Coast usually didnt last long enough develop following England other hand Formula continued grow wings American-designed Cassutt Racers purely English Betas 1976 first International Formula Grand Prix Air Race held le Castellet France Heavy British airplanes nevertheless won Ken tucky State Senator Bill Sullivan taperwing Cassutt Anaconda since late 1920s Schneider Trophy Races truly international race real racers After several years sort racing Cleveland returned fold 1977 though little prize money tention management FAA insis tence air-start non-radio F/ls mistakenly assumed safer usual racehorse start may have played role still-unecplained crash veteran Bill Falck classic Rivets After 30 years highly successful racing during won F 1 races anyone else Willies loss led retire ment top pilot Throughout postwar era September 1984 185 4 AJAo~O s GC 9a Ge 6%c o 4 e 90a other aviation sports enjoying boom times air racing continued strug gle lacked needed strong national organization US Air Racing Asso ciation new name Professional Race Pilots Association formed 1934 scene class warfare pilots owners fought bigger shares available prize money 1975 USARA apparently dying group activists formed affiliated Eastern Region stimulate races East home-built racers result could seen races F/i Sport Biplanes finally long-delayed Formula Vee places like Sturgis KY Cincinnati OH Flora IL Hardly anyone noticed story still Reno Prize money topped $100000 $200000 bulk going crowd-pleasing always competitive Unlimiteds screaming Mustangs Bearcats become air racing thanks TV cov erage Reno status worlds fastest motor racers Blown en gines forced landings common place yet single Unlimited pilot lost first 19 years very hairy rac ing Rena As 1980s rolled around Unlimi teds knocking 450 mph appearance first true custom-built Unlimiteds since 1939 just matter time have poured big bucks jazzing up Mustangs wont like way first new breed replaces hearts fans its bound happen does class will get big boost direction creativity Formula will no doubt continue successful class history U__ 5 A&LENC__ MODEL AIRCRAPr P0 Box 1902 Greenville TX 75401 214 4546441 air racing having survived few changes 35 years Its popu larity Europe could lead Interna tional Grand Prix series maybe official FAI World Championships Sport Biplane class saw its spe cially-built airplanes separated new Racing Biplane class 1982 50 hot ones like Sorceress Sundancer Amsoil-Rutan Racer dont spoil fun cleaned-up Pitts Specials Mong Sports Both should grow grad ually especially some smaller races see advantages including AT-6/SNJ class limited mild clean-up airframes unable eliminate souping-up engines will see some improvement performance though enough reduce close competition accompanying danger massed turns small end scale Formula Veeracers powered stock 1600cc Volkswagen engines looking too much like Formula Ones ability race around very short courses can set up almost airport has yet lead rapid growth grass-roots level once predicted However sport prosper will wings racers can compete anywhereat minimal expense owner pilot 75 years exciting colorful air planes tearing around pylons Reims Reno aviation progress has pushed ahead much faster other wise might have sight racing planes terrific speed very close other ground has inspired countless thousands become emotionally involved aviation hobby full-time profession have followed either close-up distance has perhaps colorful period history What next 75 years may bring anyone s guess Correction caption picture Mr Mulligan August issue error concerning year won both Bendix Thompson Trophy Races correctyearwas 1935 1936 stated US FF ChampslEverett Continued page 67 consider Paul Masterson last several years has made trip Taft England just fly con test year easily placed third Coupe dHiver Peanut Scale Mik Mikkelson first Richard Mora second Von Whitlock third Frank Godel fourth S Hales fifth Mike Mulligan first Rubber Scale second Von Whitlock Ken Johnson third fourth Jeff Wittman Stephen Hales fifth Gas Scale Bill Warner first Roy Mayes second Bill Stroman third fourth Mark Grand fifth Ralph Cooke Jumbo Scale three winners Mike Mulligan first Dick Siefield second third Ken Sykora Wakefield turned out max-out contests George Xenakis George Batiuk Al Ulm doing flyoff delayed until 6 oclock George Xenakis making 4-mn max George Batiuk dether malized early Al Ulm launched first missed lift Bob Critchlow fourth Bob White fifth Gas again flyoff among five entrants Paul Ryan managed 3500 first place Jack Moreland Bill Ruff 2500 can guess Jack Bill must have both lost models Jim Kelley fourth 2154 Gene Terra fifth 1841 Junior Gas won Jon DeFries time 1200 Hand-Launched Glider Open also max-out contest Bob Boyle won 813 closely followed Bob Isaacson 798 Mike McKeever third 452 Shawn Whitley fourth 441 Larry Sargent fifth 378 Hand-Launched Glider Junior saw Matt Kruse max out 376 David Campbell second 270 third Jeff Wittman 149 Coury Duncan fourth 126 Scott Persons fifth 37 Old-Timer Stick Rubber man maxed out Ed Wallenhorst 1500 second place Art Herdon 1253 third L Williams 1208 fourth Mik Mikkelson 1109 fifth Bill Langenberg 1054 C Cabin Sal Taibi finally won 1429 Hal Cover sec ond 1210 Jim Ogg third 1139 fourth Jim Crockett 1133 M Myerscough fifth 1002 166 Model Aviation O95 %JFincludes shipping Texas residents add 5% z GS