From taka Wed Sep 23 06:04:27 1998
Subject: I went Reno
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Good morning,this is Yamashita from San Jose.

Last weekend, I went to RENO to see the AIR RACE and air show.
I enjoyed watching race. The race was held in several classes,
such as "biplane", "formula-one(fixed landing gear)",
"sports class(retractable landing gear)","AT-6" and
"Unlimited class(such as P-51 Mustang etc.)".

The demo aerobatic flight was performed by SKHOI,and EXTRA-300S
with full-aerobatics such as torque-roll, tail slide,snap-roll,
romche-back(?),etc.etc...very exciting!!
I saw a strange airplane which has two engines but aerobatics category.
It showed a low-pass roll without engine power(both propeller stopping!).
The low pass roll was just on the runway and after the roll,
it landed on the threshold without any turn. I couldn't believe it.
That was Aerocommander 500 with Bob Hoover.

There were also NAVY planes such as F-14,F-15,F/A-16,etc.
I saw a formation flight of F-15 and P-51 Mustang.
the formation of a jet and a propeller airplane is very rare,isn't it?

I also enjoyed CASINO. A friend of mine lost more than $500...


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Takahiro Yamashita @ San Jose, California

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