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This is the newest generation of Sport Class
Racers: the Nemesis NXT, a small series of production kit-airplanes. In the construction
one main theme came clearly to the foreground: speed. |
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Will Whiteside rolls with his Lancair 360 #16
to the start of the Bronze Sport Class race. The airline pilot takes a breath of fresh air
in the cockpit, before closing the hood. After this the temperature rises very quickly. |
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In the 2005 Sport Class races, two of the new
Nemesis NXT took part. While Jon Sharp's #3x "Nemesis" fought during the entire
week with technical problems, Kevin Eldredge with #42 "Relentless" flew 343.1
mph fast and took third place. |
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253,7 mph was sufficient for second place in
the Bronze Class. Between Will Whiteside and the overall winner of the Sport Class, Darryl
Greenamyer, there is a speed difference of 100 mph. |
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Jon Sharp (right) and Kevin Eldredge in front
of there NXT Racers. Jon Sharp, initiator and producer of the Nemesis NXT, became nine
times in a row the winner of the Formula One Class from 1991-1999. His airplane at that
time was called Nemesis. |
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Many years Scott Germain stood as a
photographer at the pylon, now he has fulfilled his dream. Even if his plane flies only
233 mph and is the red lantern, competing is enough for him... |
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John Parker's "Thunder Mustang"
looks and sounds like a genuine Mustang in a fast flyby with a 640 HP V-12 engine. When
the Thunder Mustang kits were still being manufactured, the price (engine included) was US
$ 285.000. |
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Photo genetic were all Flyby's of Scott
Germain and his Lancair 360 #4 "unleashed". He knows of course what his former
colleagues want to see. |
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356,7 Mph fast John Parker flew his Thunder
Mustang #351 "Blue Thunder" around the Pylons and reached the second place. |
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Airplanes without retractable landing gear
like this Glassair II S TD hardly have a chance to participate in the Silver or Gold
Class. With 267 mph Philip Earl Hibler became the winner of the Bronze Class with the #40. |
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The winner in the Sport Gold Class was Darryl
Greenamyer, just like in the preceding three years. With an unbelievable 364, 9 mph the
living "Reno" legend flew the Lancair Legacy over the finish line. |
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Also kit-airplanes of the type Harmon Rocket
fly in the Bronze Class. Common in the USA, these fast two-seaters are in Europe almost
unknown. Here Greg Nelson with the # 22. |
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Reno living legend Darryl Greenamyer was
already flying in the first edition of the races in the 60's - then still on the dusty Sky
Ranch. In the Unlimited Class he won the title not less than seven times. In this picture
he parks his Lancair Legacy after the race. |
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Mark Sponsler, airline pilot from Sedona,
Arizona, came in fifth in the Bronze Class with his Harmon Rocket II, at a speed of 248, 8
mph. |
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Also a Lancair Legacy, at the controls: Lee
Behel with the # 5. With 310, 6 mph it was more then 50 mph slower than the official
Lancair of Greenamyer, and reached the fifth place. |
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Just one mph faster was Mark Frederick and
took with hiss #84 the fourth rank. |
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Very aerodynamically clean this Glassair III
with the #19. With 296, 7 mph Craig Sherman flew in the Gold Class also and took sixth
place behind Lee Behel. |
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Mark Sponsler overtakes with his Harmon Rocket
Klaus Savier with his Vari-Eze #111 "Delaminator". |
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Here you see a duel: two Lancair Legacy's in
the Silver Race. Alair Scott with the #77 flies close to David Cronin with the # 1. Later
the two take places two and three Silver Class. |
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Ernie Sutter in his Lancair Legacy #66 and
Klaus Savier with his Var-Eze #111 on the runway. |
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David Cronin (# 1) overtakes Dave Morss (# 99)
flying before him, also with a Lancair Legacy. Test pilot Morss, also flying in the
Unlimited and jet Classes, came in fourth. |
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Unfortunately he flew no more on Sunday: Dean
Berry with his camouflage painted Harmon Rocket II # 45. |
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Kirk Murphy from Prescott, Arizona, achieved
last place in the Silver Group at the stick of this Glassair II RG with the #25. |
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