Warbird Information Exchange

Year: 1947

Class: Goodyear
Race Number: 39
Registration Number: NX67894
Plane Name: PFTTTT

Type: Nimno Special
Designer/Builder: Ridney Nimno
Manufacturer Number: na
Serial Number: na
Length: 15’-6”
Wing Span: 19’-6”
Wing Area:
Empty Weight: 535 lbs
Fuel Capacity:
Engine: Continental C85, 188 cui.
Propeller:

Colors and Markings:

Notes: dismantled in 1948, some parts used for #39 Deer Fly N24C

Entrant: Rodney Nimno
Pilot: Mike Argandar, Los Angeles, California

Qualifying Date: 08/29/47
Qualifying Distance: 4.4 miles-2 laps
Qualifying Average Speed: 128.147 mph

Race: Goodyear Heat #3
Race Date: 08/31/47 was to have been flown on 08/30/47
Race Distance: 22 miles-10 laps
Race Starting Position: unk
Race Average Speed: 120.585 mph
Race Place: 5th, cut Pylon #4 on 7th lap, Speed is based on 11 laps instead of 10
Race Prize: $60.00


Race: Race: Goodyear Heat #4
Race Date: 08/31/47 was to have been flown on 08/30/47
Race Distance: 22 miles-10 laps
Race Starting Position: unk
Race Average Speed: did not start
Race Place:
Race Prize: 0


Race: Goodyear Consolation Race
Race Date: 09/01/47
Race Distance: 22 miles-10 laps
Race Starting Position: unk
Race Average Speed: 132.302 mph
Race Place: 5th
Race Prize: $75.00

Total Prize Money: $135.00


Main Sources:
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume IV, Reed Kinert
The Complete World Wide Directory of Racing Planes, Volume I, Don Berliner
Official Standing of Contestants, 1947 National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio
Pylon Busters-1947 Cleveland National Air Races, Kendall Oil
A Season of Eagles, Robert Hull
September Champions, Robert Hull
Western Reserve Historical Society Museum Collection
The Cleveland Public Library Collection

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