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Topic: 2015 Reno Championship Air Races (Hoot Gibson)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-20-2015 08:36 PM
   
Astronaut Hoot Gibson on Sunday (Sept. 20) took first flying the P-51D Mustang "Strega" in the Unlimited Breitling Gold at the 2015 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Gibson completed the 8 laps (64.1845 miles) in 7 minutes and 52 seconds, averaging 489 miles per hour. Robert "Hoot" Gibson officially wins Unlimited Gold Race in Strega with a fast lap of 503.51 mph.  Astronaut Curt Brown also raced, flying the FB 11 Sea Fury "Sawbones," coming in fourth. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 09-20-2015 11:27 PM
Sweet! It's about time. Congratulations to Hoot and his team. Would like to have been there to see it. Maybe next year. |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-21-2015 07:44 AM
Followed the race online. Great job! A few of us had a chance to discuss air racing with Hoot last year at the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation event. Glad he had a chance to fly one of the top P-51s and pull off the win. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-21-2015 07:54 AM
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports about the race: A new pilot took the gold on Sunday at the 52nd annual Reno National Championship Air Races, breaking a six-year winning streak for Steven Hinton Jr.All Robert "Hoot" Gibson could think of as he jetted past Hinton was flying a clean race. "It ain't over until it's over," Gibson said after winning the Breitling Unlimited Gold Championship. "So I didn't know I had him until I crossed the checkered flag and until I stopped on the ground and I heard them say it was a clean race." "...I've been dreaming about this for 25 years or so, and I've been a fan of the air races since I was a little kid," Gibson said. "I can't believe, I can't believe, I won the Unlimited championship. What a thrill." |
lspooz
Member Posts: 384
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 09-21-2015 08:36 AM
Outstanding, just outstanding.
I was also privileged to have discussed air racing at little at the ASF show, and am thrilled with his victory. |
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