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Gary, you have the coolest projects! :shock: 8) 8)



Thanks, but one day I'd like to have the "coolest finished stuff" with no projects laying around. :lol:

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So, when are the Stratolina T-shirts coming up for sale? :D :D :D :D

[Only half jesting, by the way]


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I would so get a Stratolina T-shirt


You running an F-1 @ Reno this year, Gary??? You could sell the Stratolina t-shirts out of the F-1 hangar. Just make sure RARA gets their commission!

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You running an F-1 @ Reno this year, Gary??? You could sell the Stratolina t-shirts out of the F-1 hangar. Just make sure RARA gets their commission!


No, I'm not flying anything anymore. I've got a health issue or two that has forced an early retirement on my flying days. :cry: But I will always feel fortunate for the cool flying I was able to do, thanks to some dang good folks in my life.

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No, I'm not flying anything anymore. I've got a health issue or two that has forced an early retirement on my flying days. :cry: But I will always feel fortunate for the cool flying I was able to do, thanks to some dang good folks in my life.

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You're in luck though....if you sit in the left seat of the Stratolina, making 'airplane noises', that counts as 'half-time' in the ol' log book.

Pretty soon you can adopt the old Skip Holm addage of "Stratolina? Yeah, I've got half my time in that..."

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gary, i didn't know you raced reno, would you tell me your plane's name so i can look you up on www.rara.org anyone who raced reno is my HEROs. thanks
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gary, i didn't know you raced reno, would you tell me your plane's name so i can look you up on www.rara.org anyone who raced reno is my HEROs. thanks


Here are a couple little stories I wrote about my adventures there. The plane's name was Maybee's Baby. IF1 race #64.

First, the Rookie School.....
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... +adventure

Then, the race itself.....
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... +adventure

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Rookie of the Year right Gary :?: 8)

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Rookie of the Year right Gary :?: 8)


Yup. One of my proudest moments. I'll never forget it.

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pound for pound you F-1 boys are the kings of speed. thanks for the links
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Here's Gary doing his thing at Reno.

He will be missed this year...

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Love those pics Neal. I have always wanted to go to Reno. Wish it had been that year. :? 8)
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Looks like Gary was gettin a "little tail" in that 2nd picture.

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Looks like Gary was gettin a "little tail" in that 2nd picture.


Even better...I love the registration number. Looks like it's written on with a Sharpie! And I thought it was bad when I taped the race number on my son's hydroplane a couple years ago! 8)

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Even better...I love the registration number. Looks like it's written on with a Sharpie! 8)


It was.

Just two weeks prior to me leaving for Reno, I had a very unpleasant stay in the local hospital, where the quack doctor tried to kill me (3 days in ICU, due to an infection caused by him...long story). I was in the hospital for 8 days, then out for a day before going back in for another day. I have never been afraid of dying, but that was the first time I actually felt like I was about to. Anyway, after getting out the second time, I came out to the hangar to put the Cassutt back together, which I had previously scattered all over the floor. I had forgotten to get the guy that made the vinyl letters for me to make a set of N numbers, and since I was out of time, I just put them on with a Sharpie marker.

I had actually given up all together on the idea of racing since I felt so poorly (physically and mentally...feeling sorry for myself), but Dusty Dowd, the fella responsible for giving me the opportunity to race, gave me a bit of a pep talk and convinced me to go. I'm glad he did, as my one and only Reno racing experience was without a doubt, and always will be, a highlight of my life. Thanks Dusty!

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Yup. One of my proudest moments.

having this on your license is pretty cool also :!:
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