Man-O-War: Warbird Wednesday
Last night at the meeting we shared a few pictures and stories from the Reno Air Races. The mustang I couldn’t remember the name of was Man-O-War. She’s unique and a beauty. She’s rolling out to race in the image above and you can see here sitting on the tarmacContinue Reading
July Four Star / Warbirds Race
News and video from he July Four Star / Warbirds Pylon Racing eventContinue Reading
Pylon Racing Rules: Updated
Thanks to the efforts of Paul Geders, we have updated the Pylon Racing rules to include the new Uproar Class. I know of at least 4 of these beasts that have been built so we should see some close racing. Depending on how they compete we may toss them inContinue Reading
P-47 Build Update – Wayne Nenninger
Wayne has been pretty busy! He’s covering the Jug with Monokote and painting the Olive Drab (olive drab monokote is no more) and White (see the rudder pic below). Its a big project. Wayne’s son in law printed an R2800 for him and a little paint brings it to life. TheContinue Reading
Wayne’s Top Flight P47 – Carolina Custom Kits Redux
If your looking for Spirits own Wayne Nenninger this winter, he can be found in his modeling lair working on his latest creation, the Carolina Custom Kits P47. For the unfamiliar, Carolina Custom Kits could very well be the last bastion in the Balsawood Kit manufacturing sector. While everyone elseContinue Reading
Reno Needs Your Help!
If you love Aviation, Speed, Pratt and Whitneys, Merlins, Mustangs, Sea-Furies, Bearcats, and a legacy that has lasted since 1964, click on the icon below and donate anything you can afford. Mention Trent Palmer in your donation message and you will also be entered in an opportunity to win aContinue Reading
A November Day at the Field
A video by John Campbell Our own John Campbell was inspired so much by the amazing weather on the 28th, that he fired up his JVC 4K camera and shot the following video. Thanks John! Remember, anyone can contribute content to the site. Just send in some pictures and aContinue Reading
Spitfire Takes Second. March Madness Breaking News!
Thanks for all the votes from our members. Your Presidents Spitfire took 2nd place out of 756 entries! My Hobbysquawk call-sign is “2FewDaysatFlyingfield” and as you can see, we pretty much owned the LIFT and DRAG brackets! Ultimately the AL37 / AWAC modification by Joey Jorgenson ended up taking homeContinue Reading
The untold story of the Goodyear F2G Super Corsair
I’ve loved this plane since I first saw Bob Odegaard fly her at Reno in about 2000. Here’s the story….Continue Reading
Plans Website Favorite: The Outerzone!
Finding a place that has an incredible amount of content for scratch building a variety of odd or different model aircraft is often difficult to impossible. Often you end up paying $’s for paper plans and if you want those electronically, you have to either scan them yourself if youContinue Reading
Dago Red Update:
A Little Unlimited Warbird Eye-candy! I didn’t do much building yesterday since the finals for the Reno Air Races were streaming on YouTube so I made up for it tonight! In case you were curious, Dreadnaught took the Gold Unlimited’s in the desert with a average speed of about 420mph.Continue Reading
Dago Red Update (Power System):
I was running around a lot this week and other obligations have kept me from going out to Reno to watch the Air Races so I spent the morning soldering up the power system for Dago Red. The goal here is POWER and its going to take a lot ofContinue Reading
Attention all Electric Warbird Owners!
So Basically Everyone!!! On September 28th it would be awesome if we could get at least a dozen electric warbird racers! I would be willing to bet that just about every single member of the club has an electric warbird! If you can takeoff, fly in a 660’ oval, andContinue Reading
Dago Red Build for September Warbird Races!
Don’t forget about the Electric Warbird Pylon Racing coming September 28th to Gizzie Field! Dago Red or in racer speak “Race Number Four” is one of the iconic warbirds from the annuals of Reno Air Racing. This was one of my favorite Mustangs and it deserves the spotlight right upContinue Reading
Lost and Found Aircraft
The Ostmann’s Field is the Burmuda Triangle: Last week, Dave Brown retrieved two aircraft in the muddy Farmer’s Field, north of the runway. Â The first aircraft, a P-51 owned by David Lynch was recovered by Dave’s patented “Spoon” aircraft fishing lure. Â Easy, Peasy! The second, was a ducted fan jetContinue Reading
