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| 01 | At any time during the Air Races, you may find multiple aircraft on the tarmac. Here we see the cumulus clouds looming behind the mountains while high cirrus whip above. The Sea Furies and Mustangs on the time- honored tarmac at Reno Stead let the viewer know they’re in for extreme excitement. That’s not hyperbole.
| 02 | Rare Bear was a wreck; found, salvaged and restored by Lyle Shelton in 1969. Highly modified with a Wright R-3350 engine, new propeller and cowling, and canopy, this Grumman F8F Bearcat, originally called Able Cat at its first Reno Unlimited Class event, went on to win multiple class races at Reno and other locations throughout the years. Rare Bear holds the 3 km World Speed Record of 528.33 mph (850.26 km/h) set on August 21, 1989. It didn’t race in 2017 when this photo was taken, but just being close to it was magical.
| 03 | Argonaut was built from a former Royal Canadian Navy Hawker Sea Fury fighter and has appeared regularly at the Reno Air Races since the 1990s, placing first in Unlimited Silver in 1997 and 2005.
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