Early 1960's Reno Air Race 8mm footage

[Adam Kline]

I digitized my uncle's old 8mm film and found this little snippet of an early 1960 Reno race.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNPf7PLtGRc&feature=youtu.beEnjoy

[Tim Adams]

Can't be 1960, the first year for Reno was 1964.

[Adam Kline]

Thanks for clarifying. I didn't know what year the film was taken that's why I said early 1960s.

[robkamm]

nice to see. thanks for posting. in the end were they racing that low to the ground? or demo?

[Adam Kline]

I have no idea. I wasn't even born yet. My cousin and I have been digitizing all of my uncle's old 8mm movies and came across this one. My uncle was a big fan of Reno and Oshkosh so seeing this video in the pile wasn't a surprise. I have a small video of a Corsair that I still need to convert. I know that the batch of videos are from 1961-1964 so I am glad someone was able to pinpoint the year for me. It helps confirm when some of the other family videos were taken. Memories get fuzzy.

[Tim Adams]

nice to see. thanks for posting. in the end were they racing that low to the ground? or demo?

Racing, rules for low flying were much different back then.

[cooper9411]

Adam thanks for the post. Post more if and when you can