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Rare Bear, Sea Furies and others at the Phoenix 500
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:21 am
by cadet77
A few shots of Rare Bear taken at the Phoenix 500.
Under the cowl in the pits.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:37 pm
by Ztex
Gotta Love the Bear!
What else do you have from Phoenix?
How about the T-28 racers?
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:51 pm
by cadet77
Zane, I will see what I have and get it scanned. Until then....
Fly fast, fly safe,
Larry
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:14 am
by Mark Nankivil
Very nice Larry - looking forward to anything else like this you have!
Enjoy the Day! Mark
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:42 pm
by cadet77
Here are a few more racers at the Phoenix 500.
P-51s and a T-28
Hawker Mk. II Sea Fury N588
Hawker Mk. II Sea Fury N924G
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:20 pm
by Canso42
Cadet77, got any more Sea Furies?
Canso42
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:24 pm
by cadet77
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:25 pm
by cadet77
Found another photo from the races. Two years of racing events here in the valley was too short. Too bad it was not well funded.
Strega. The gentleman with the shorts better have sunscreen on. Shake and bake on the tarmac.
Fly Fast, Fly Safe,
Larry
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:17 pm
by Neal Nurmi
The gentleman in the shorts is the Merlin legend Dwight Thorn, who very recently passed away. Dwight developed the "Mouse" Merlin -- greatly modified and strengthened, and fitted with Allison G6 connecting rods. This motor moved the racing Mustangs from 440 mph to 480+ mph and literally revolutionised the breed.
Dwight started with Unlimited hydroplanes and was in the forefront of high powered Merlin development for Mustangs from 1964 til his retirement early this decade.
A very special man. By the way he always dressed like this, in pretty much all weather...
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:21 pm
by Neal Nurmi
Look at the fancy prop on Howard's Sea Fury. He spent a bunch of money on that thing, only to go 15 mph slower.
I'm convinced that propellers are truly Black Magic...
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:09 am
by Neal Nurmi
Re: Rare Bear, Sea Furies and others at the Phoenix 500
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:09 pm
by Warbird Kid
These are awesome! And quite useful. What year are these?
Re: Rare Bear, Sea Furies and others at the Phoenix 500
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:13 am
by cadet77
I will go back and check the neg dates. The races in Phoenix were in 1994 and 1995. The cloudy day pictures I posted are from 1994.
cadet77
Larry Welty
Re: Rare Bear, Sea Furies and others at the Phoenix 500
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:46 pm
by Warbird Kid
Im not too knowledgeable about this race, other than we almost lost Eldridge in 94. Why did they stop having the race? Was teh event based at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport?
Re: Rare Bear, Sea Furies and others at the Phoenix 500
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:03 pm
by shrike
Warbird Kid wrote:Im not too knowledgeable about this race, other than we almost lost Eldridge in 94. Why did they stop having the race? Was teh event based at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport?
It was at Williams Gateway - nee Williams AFB, now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway - at least in 95.
The primary sponsor was Incredible Universe, a consumer electronics big-box store that went bankrupt. My understanding, from the owner of the Sea Fury they sponsored, was they reneged on prize and sponsorship payments promised.
