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4 OCT 06: RENO FURY UNLEASHED

Success for British WWII warbirds in annual air races

BRITISH-built Hawker Sea Furys took first and second in the Unlimited Class of the annual Reno Air Races, held in Nevada from 13 to 17 September. Three more Sea Furys were placed in the top ten.
Mike Brown's 'September Fury' won outright with a speed of 481.619mph round the pylon course out in the desert. Second was Matt Jackson in 'Dreadnought' with a speed of 453.559mph.

The Unlimited Class is open to any piston-driven aircraft with an empty weight greater than 4500lb pounds. Most competitors use stock or modified WWII fighters, including the P-51 Mustang, F-8F Bearcat and Hawker Sea Fury.

In the Sport Class for high-performance kit aircraft, first-place finisher Rod Von Grote cut a pylon to give Jon Sharp in 'Nemesis', a Nemesis NXT, the win with an official speed of 360.389mph. Von Grote took second in a Lancair Legacy with an official speed of 358.557mph.

Some of the closest racing is in the T-6 Class, where all the aircraft are of the same type, powered by a 600hp Pratt & Whitney aircooled radial engine. In the US the aircraft is known as the 'Texan', while in the UK we know it as the 'Harvard'. Winner of the T-6 class was Nick Macy with his AT-6C at 235.609mph, just ahead of Dennis Buehn's T6-D with 229.100mph.

Other winners were:
Formula One Class Gary Hubler, 'Mariah', a Cassutt 111, 257.047mph.
Biplane Class Tom Aberle, 'Phantom', a Mong Sport, 251.958mph.
Jet Class (for L-39 Albatros jets) John Penney 470.195mph.
W: www.airrace.org
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