Hypothetical Reno

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:27 pm

Airdales wrote:

skybolt2003 wrote:

Reminds me of the Clay Lacy DC-7 entered in the Ca 1000 race, early 70's. I went to the next race with my dad at Brown Field the next year and the -7 was there along with a Connie. Super Snoopy and the Red Baron. Way cool but they changed the rules making mandatory pit stops eliminating any advantage they might have had. I *really* wanted to see those 2 planes making pylon turns! I did get to see the Connie back up with it reversing props and get out of it's parking spot.
-Bret

Anybody know where that DC-7 and that Connie are today?
Jerry

The DC-7 ended up derelict in Beirut, Lebanon in the early 1970s. Last report I've read (from 1983) said that the 7 had possibly been scrapped around that time. The Connie was modified with a Concorde look-alike nose for a movie, which came to naught. It was scrapped around 1974!

T J

Sierra Fox · **Posted:** Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:00 pm

Matt Gunsch wrote:

It has been done all ready. Jim Orten was looking for a ride for Reno, when he could not find one, he took Sentimental Journey around the pylons and won the 1st B-17 class ( and Liars contest) at Reno. There is a trophy of this in the CAF hangar in Mesa

Here ya go!

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Sierra Fox · **Posted:** Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:02 pm

One more!

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Steve T · **Posted:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:10 pm

How cool!

Years and years ago I remember doing a profile line drawing of what would've been a prime contender for Ollie's Reno H Division. No idea what became of the drawing (but I never throw anything away, so it's around somewhere!)...I remember it very well though. It was a Lancaster X, but:

*four Griffon 57s (Shack engines) spinning 8-bladed contraprops (Gannet)
*clipped wings with endplates (a la F2G #94)
*enlarged fins with squared trailing edges
*a large ventral fin fillet partially enclosing the tailwheel
*streamlined bullet nose (a la Lancastrian)
*tiny F1-style bubble canopy (a la Signal Sea Fury/Miss Merced)
*name "Victory" in Old English script on the nose
*sponsorship by Red Rose Tea
*race number 104 (since she was based on the then Toronto pylon one)

:shock:

Cheers

S.

Sierra Fox · **Posted:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:03 pm

Hope you can find and post that Steve, sound's pretty wicked and would likely SOUND WICKED!!!

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