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How many people are coming to Petaluma at noon on Saturday? Tail numbers / names? Hopefully fog will clear up by then (if there is any). That is my home airport, I'll drive, and I might fly after (flying with another pilot just to the practice area to do some maneuvers). Breakfast is...

I probably can't go to either one but here is something that was just emailed to me regarding November 2nd: Nov. 2, 2013 Fly-In Fly In and have a FREE Pancakes and Beignets for Breakfast. Minter Field Air Museum and Minter Field Air District is having a Fly -In on Nov. 2, 2013, at...

Sylvain, FYI for the 50th anniversary (2013) they pained "RENO" in gold. It is normally red though and the gold really threw the pylon judges off this year, it was harder for them to judge altitude. Kimberly

You mean like this?

What a great way to help somebody! I'm always looking for ways to give back with my rental airplanes, such as Young Eagles or Angel Flight, but this story takes the cake! I hope he put some clothes on for your airplane ride.

Diana - next time I see him I will mention your name. Small world! I hope to work on the plane with him.

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63615

Yes, you are correct. Great pilot stories too (though pilots like to tell the most scary ones).

And hoping to go MUCH faster next year, including trying to break several speed records. Some of those records are over 10 years old. Would be pretty cool.

Manufactured in 2004 - Second place - Biplane Class Gold - 231.685 mph - Pitts LR1 Built by a racer with 20 years of racing experience (and a close friend of the pilot's), this is a so called "Super Pitts" expiremental. She is a Pitts LR-1 capable of flying at over 250 mph, which makes her...

I continue to work on race planes. The very first weekend back from the Reno Air Races, here I am unloading a plane from a storage trailer. This plane hasn't flown in years, and needs a lot of work to bring it back to Reno 2014 - but the pilot is hoping to break many land speed records with...

Hmmm.... maybe I missed two. That was in August 2011. I don't know, for some reason I thought I only missed one (thunderstorms).

I got a 97 when I only missed one. Odd.

I didn't even begin to elaborate on how the Chief Pylon Judge (a volunteer since 1967) helped me draw an 11 x 17 map of the entire (complex) race course according to class. Classes are F1 / Biplane (one set of pylons), then Sport (a different set), then T6 airplanes (yet another set of...

I felt better reading pre-solo and checkride numbers. Didn't solo until 40 hours, checkride at 90, just got my first BFR a few weeks ago from a CFI out in the boonies and learned a LOT. Next thing will probably be taildragger sign off since it takes less time than IFR and I am still paying off...

Had to change the oil in the race airplane since it indicated over 250 degrees. It was still 100 or more when I let it out into the bucket. Next flight it was below redline at a much more normal 190 degrees. Had to pull the prop too since there was oil and the pilot was worried about the...

I was on a biplane race crew. Almost better than flying. Releasing planes on the runway during the racehorse start (holding down planes) and changing oil / tires was awesome. Even pulled a prop and torqued the prop bolts (adding safety wire to boot). Reno Air Races, "our" race airplane took...

Changing a wheel which had a stuck brake and flat spots creating some very "interesting" landings in the pitts..... This is a picture of me and the crew cheif separating the tire from the wheel (popping the bead).

Learning about prop wash the hard way. Race crews (for biplane class) consist of the pilot and 3 essential crew members who are allowed past the hold short line and onto the runway. We help the pilot get his parachute on, give him a drink of water, close the canopy and latch it over his head...

Thanks Clark, but I never did.... (see below where I REALLY learned to wear a hair tie)....