Warbird Information Exchange

Did anybody go to the races ?
I was all set to go, but when the unlimited withdrew, so did I..

Phil

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I also backed out (when Sport dropped), but seeing racers posts on social media and hearing from a few attendees I'm connected with, the venue itself seems to be very racer and fan friendly, especially for the first year. Fingers crossed they continue to make the needed and welcomed improvements to the site over the next 12 months for a more well-rounded comeback in 2026 with all 7 classes, likely better attendance in all classes across the board, and the Thunderbirds headlining. Just have to hope that the city of Roswell will scale things for this increase in attendance since doubling or tripling the attendance from this year to the next 1-3 years is going to be no joke on hotels, restaurants, etc.

It would be nice to have another airline besides American flying in there. They changed my flight by more than 5 hours, so they reimburse me. That was the first domino to fall.
The NCAR let me defer my tickets until next year, I guess we'll see what happens..

Phil

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For those of us not in the loop....
I know the T-6, Jet, Biplane, and F1 classes competed, along with the STOL competition, I haven't heard a good explanation exactly why the Sport and Unlimited classes didn't race.

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Its safety. There's no runway 14 going out to the middle of the back course at Roswell like at Reno. I was told by a couple of different people on FB, that Roswell is looking to build this. Without it , it's guaranteed the two missing classes will not be back. This runway lay out is in place at Las Cruces, so that's why Sport is able to run there . You can see this if you go on google maps and compare Stead , Las Cruces and Roswell. It's not opinion or speculation , it's a fact.

One would think organizers would have recognized that limitation in their site selection deliberations.

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There were several issues that were brought up by both the Sport and Unlimited Classes last year. One was the lack of a runway accessible from the back side of the course, the other was power lines crossing the proposed course. Both of these are legitimate issues, but I'm surprised the Jets were fine with them.

I haven't heard that there were any plans to build a new runway, but that doesn't mean its not in the works. If there is a new runway built, and the power lines buried, then the venue should at least be a safe venue for the races.

Sounds expensive unless the racers would settle for a unpaved emergency runway and the power company would foot the bill for the line relocation.

Otherwise, tough to have air racing without their most famous class....puts alk the other site investments into question.

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I'm thinking Roswell was the only city that was willing to meet the NCAR half way, if that..

Phil

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