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The biplane Class always offers
particularly breathtaking fights for the places. In the Gold series speeds up to 237 mph
are reached. That is nearly 400 km/h! |
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Jimmy Leeward steered his bright-polished
mustang "Cloud Dancer", low and close as usual around the Unlimited Course. |
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David Hoover brought his Arnold AR-6, a
completely new and aerodynamically very high-quality airplane, into the Formula One Class. |
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Mike Keenum's red-white Hawker Sea Fury
"Riff Raff": for years this has been Robert "Hoot" Gibson flown
Unlimited gold Racer, is affectionately maintained between races. Here Jim Kippen polishes
the powerful prop. |
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John Sharp (right) technical designer and
pilot of the Nemesis NXT, had to fight this year's technical problems. Kevin Eldredge
(left) could keep up with the second NXT "Relentless" with the prominent sport
Class Racers. |
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There was no serious competition for Rare
Bear, last year's champion. Also this year John Penney lead the extremely modified Racer
to victory. |
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Exciting duel between the sports Class
pilot Greg Nelson on Harmon Rocket (right) and Klaus Savier on Vari Eze (left). |
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With the legendary "Super
Corsair", Bob Odegard offered elegant aerobatics with an unlimited racer of past
days. |
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This detail photo of Mary Dilda's SNJ-6
"Two of Hearts" shows clearly the affectionate care, that many racing teams give
to their airplanes. |
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Kent Pietsch belongs to the Top of the
American air show scene. His "Crazy Flying" each air show is legendary. Every
Airshowfan must have experienced this unbelievable Aerobatic routine at ground level, once
in his lifetime. |
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As the only woman, Mary holds her own for
years in the T-6 Class. This year she reached the class victory with "Two Of
Hearts". |
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Mike Mangold represented the
international aerobatics scene in the program. One would have considered many of his
manoeuvres impossible, a few years ago. |
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Since 2002 the aero L-39 jets have their
own racing class. This way the jet fans also have something to look at. |
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P-51D mustang and A-10 Thunderbolt II in
close formation. "Heritage Flights" are popular highlights in the programs of US
air shows. |
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"Strega is back!". This message
fulfilled the fans of the Unlimited Class with bright enthusiasm. Unfortunately it did not
come to a showdown with the main competitor "Rare Bear" due to technical
problems. |
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Robert "Hoot" Gibson, repeated
space shuttle commander and Racepilot tested the Beech Prime Minister in the racing
course. Will we soon have Business jets in the jet Class? |
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Only people visiting Stead airport in the
beginning of the week could see "Miss America", the well-known Racer in action.
When qualifying, Brent Hisey dropped out after a Mayday. |
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This year again, "The
Thunderbirds", the formation team of the U. S. Air Force, entertained the public with
much noise and otherwise a rather unimpressive display. |
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Ike Enns with his P-51 "Miracle
Maker", shown at an evening engine test run. After the end of the official daily
program, there is still a lot of interesting stuff to experience on the ramp ... |
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