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Video: LiveAirShowTV Report From Reno 2014 - Sunday 9.7.14 Practice Day
Qualifying for the 2014 Reno Air Races starts Wednesday but there's a lot already going on at Stead Field as the teams are busy with race prep and practice. LiveAirShowTV is on-site and filed this...
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Reno Qualifying Crash Claims The Life Of Lee Behel In The GP-5
Highly experienced pilot and racer Lee Behel in the one-of-kind GP-5 at Reno 2012 Statement From The National Championship Air Races: Reno, Nev. – At approximately 3:30 p.m. today, Sport Class pilot...
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Reno 2014: Thursday 9-11-14 (Precious Metal Looks Ready To Race)
(click pic to enlarge) Precious Metal is prepped for a test flight Thrursday before noon My 35-hour-long drive from Indiana to Reno went very well with my arrrival just after sunset Wednesday...
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Reno 2014: Thursday 9-11-14 - Precious Metal Wins Bronze Unlimited (CoolPix...
(click pic for hi-res) Thom Richard will advance after winning the Bronze Unlimited race So, it wasn't a surprise that Thom Richard and Precious Metal easily won the Bronze Unlimited race today...
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Reno 2014: Friday 9-12-14 - Precious Metal Continues Journey Toward The Gold...
(click pic to enlarge) Rolls Royce Griffon powered P-51 Precious Metal: race number 38 In case you didn't get the memo, my coverage of Reno 2014 is focused on Thom Richard and his Rolls Royce Griffon...
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Reno 2014: Saturday 9-13-14 - Precious Metal Advances To The Sunday Gold Race!
(click pic to enlarge) A little American flag flying over the PM cowl Saturday morning reports.airrace.org Watch the Sunday Gold race live with LiveAirShowTV Saturday morning was a relatively easy...
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Reno 2014: Sunday 9-14-14 - Voodoo 1st, Czech Mate 2nd, And Precious Metal...
(click pic for hi-res) Thom Richard and Precious Metal on the Unlimited Gold race takeoff With a 2,050 mile drive ahead of me, I left the 2014 Reno Air Races just minutes after the Gold race on...
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Poll + Video: Does The Precious Metal Disqualification Change Your Reno 2015...
Poll is at the bottom of the post The disqualification of Thom Richard in Precious Metal in the Gold Unlimited race last Sunday at the 2014 National Championship Air Races in Reno has created quite a...
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Video: Fascinating Documentary On The British 1960's Era (Mach 2) BAC TSR-2
My usual goal for an AirPigz post is to give you a 3 to 5 minute avgeek experience that either thoroughly entertains or educates (or both)... but today you're gonna have to carve out at least 55...
View ArticleVideo: C-17 Countermeasure Flares... Wild Northern Lights!
Post by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson JBER (official). This short but very sweet video is from a few nights ago in Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as several C-17's were testing their...
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I Feel A Lot Like This Battle-Damaged Avenger
I'm tired, worn out, and feeling beat up here lately... my day-job of floor installing work as a one-man operation has me extremely busy (and physically fatigued) - and has so often been the case in...
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Must See Video: THE CUBS 2 OSH STORY - 75th Anniversary Gathering In...
click here to download the digital version for half price (just $4.50) If you've been paying attention you know I'm a big believer in the Piper Cub as the perfect pure-flying-pleasure airplane. If...
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I Love Hot Air Ballooning! (Carolina Balloon Fest 2014)
(click pic to enlarge) My view lifting off at the 2014 Carolina Balloon Fest in Statesville NC I've been very fortunate to get quite a bit of exposure to hot air ballooning in the last 2 years since...
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Pitts Special: 70 Year Celebration At Oshkosh 2015!
(click pic to enlarge) Oshkosh 2015: July 20-26 It's no surprise that mixing a large gathering of the iconic Pitts Special, at Oshkosh, along with a fabulous retro graphic to promote it all is...
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Video: Hangar Flying With Red Bull - Literally!
Mind your head! Video screenshot: Red Bull 2-man formation about to blast right thru an open hangar! Like this post? Tell your friends... use the 'share' or 'email article' links below - thanx : )
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OSH15 Dawn Patrol CoolPix... Corsair And Mosquito (11Pix)
(click pic for hi-res) A great Dawn Patrol sunrise at OSH15 on Thursday July 23 This summer has been a real blur for me as I've been working to build a new online business... today I launched...
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Wicks Aircraft Open House This Saturday October 22, 2016 - I'm Going To Save...
Today marks the re-birth of AirPigz.com(!) and I'm kicking off this new era with info on a great opportunity to save money at the Wicks Aircraft Open House event (at their Highland Illinois facility)...
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2016: The Year Of The Cubs!
Me flying off Winona Lake during seaplane training in the Warsaw Flying Club J-3 Cub (click any pic to enlarge) The Chicago Cubs just won the World Series, and that is a pretty big deal, but 2016 has...
View ArticleVideo: #CubLove On The Water - Summer 2016
It's really cold outside, and winter doesn't even actually start until 11 days from now... so to brighten my day I finally got around to uploading a short Cub-on-floats video from early September. I...
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The 1959 Super Cub Restoration Is Complete!
(photo by Sherry Finney) For 6 years I talked about airplanes on AirPigz, largely because I couldn't afford to actually fly, and I didn't have any direct aviation connections... but for 13 months of...
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