Actually, the only V-12 in the race, Voodoo, maydayed on lap 1. These are all radials, mainly Wright 3350s. Dreadnaught has a P&W 4360, and the little Yak a P&W 2800.
Yeah, pretty cool. Wish I could upload a better video file. Tried an .avi file, but it was too big for Youtube. The original video is pretty good, but, unfortunately, a lot is lost in the translation to mp4.
What a sound the rolls royce crecy would have made here, between the mountains.
grteyr 2 years ago
cooooool race!!!
proyectopencil 3 years ago
Just amazes me how high they are revving those V12s. Almost sound like 2 strokes! No wonder some of them just blow up occasionally.
edj66 4 years ago
Actually, the only V-12 in the race, Voodoo, maydayed on lap 1. These are all radials, mainly Wright 3350s. Dreadnaught has a P&W 4360, and the little Yak a P&W 2800.
fedexbob 4 years ago
Ah fair enough, but even so...still crazy! I heard a video of Dago Red once, and that was pretty insane! But thanks for the clarification.
edj66 4 years ago
Do they sell the video for this air race? I love the sound and the thrill!
armanmisdar 4 years ago
I was in the stands for Reno 2007 but these guys have a better view of the race...for free. Where were these folks standing?
eteet 4 years ago
They were standing up on the northeast corner of Stead airport start of the valley of speed.
MABurns888 4 years ago
Actually it was September Fury that dropped out of this race. September Pops competed in the silver race.
HurtCow 4 years ago
Oops,caught me out in the video tags.
Thanks, I fixed it.
fedexbob 4 years ago
Wow...seeing this in person must have been jaw-dropping.
johnbeauchemin 4 years ago
Yeah, pretty cool. Wish I could upload a better video file. Tried an .avi file, but it was too big for Youtube. The original video is pretty good, but, unfortunately, a lot is lost in the translation to mp4.
fedexbob 4 years ago
jaw-dropping was not even the word...
badbadm 4 years ago