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by Michael A. Morrow |
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P-39Q Airacobra Cobra II 
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This is a newly drawn plan of one of my old favorites incorporating several improvements, and making the plan easier to read. It's the 1946 Thompson Trophy race winner flown by Tex Johnston. Ideal model proportions, lightweight, and an excellent flier. Model did 4:23 in Boeing 737 plant (80 ft. ceiling) Nov. 1996. All yellow with black trim and numbers. Click picture for photo. 19.843 Kb .JPG |
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Sister ship to Cobra II - lost just before the 1946 Thompson Trophy race along with the great test pilot Jack Woolams. Identical to Cobra II plan except plane is all red with black trim and numbers. No photo available. Click picture for enlargement. - 6.28 Kb gif |
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Mira Slovak's VERY fast unlimited racer - a late arrival kept this little 2000+ hp racer out of the Reno races, and it was never entered again. The penultimate lightweight P-39 No-Cal. Has done 5:58 at the Kibbe Dome (140+ ft. ceiling) in Moscow Idaho. All white with MENNEN green and bronze trim. Click picture for photo. 16.78 Kb .JPG |
Price: $4.00 to order, see the How to Order section. |
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John Sandberg's clipped-tip unlimited racer. As light as the P-39s, and flies as well. Did a 3:42 in the Tillamook Oregon blimp hanger(180 ft. ceiling). Capable of more. Bright orange, white and black race numbers, and chrome spinner. Click picture for photo. - 9.38 Kb .JPG |
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Larry Haven's clipped-wing unlimited racer. A lightweight prototype turned 3:27 in a school gym (40 ft. ceiling). Clipped wings provide more wing area than stock P-63. Long fuselage for long motor. All silver (unpolished aluminum) with black trim. Click picture for photo. - 12.18 Kb .JPG |
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Charlie Tucker's heavily modified 1946 Thompson Trophy racer. Wings clipped from 38 feet down to 25.8 feet! 15.7 inch motor tube gives long flights. A great flier! White with red and black trim. Click picture for photo. 12.39 Kb .JPG |
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On August 16, 1969, Darryl Greenamyer successfully broke the 30 year old piston engine land plane speed record using his highly modified F8F Bearcat "Conquest 1". Darryl's speed of 483.041 mph topped the old record of 469.22 mph originally set on April 26, 1939 by a specially made Messerschmitt Me-209R. Conquest 1 also won five Reno races in a row before being retired. The clipped wing Bearcat has lots of wing area, and is a very good flier. All white with red trim. Click picture for big photos. |
Price: $7.50 to order, see the How to Order section. |
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'Signal Sea Fury' Hawker Sea Fury unlimited racer  Click picture for photo. |
Mike Carroll was the first to modify a Sea Fury for unlimited class air racing. His striking all-yellow racer with it's flame paint job was always a crowd favorite. In 1966 it took third in its first ever cross-country race, followed by a second place in the 1966 Reno Silver race. In 1967, it got a second in the Palm Springs-Cleveland race, followed by a first in the Illinois to Reno race. Mike Carroll died while testing his P-39 racer "Cobra III", and the Sea Fury was sold to Dr. Sherman Cooper, who renamed it "Miss Merced". The big yellow racer won the 1970 Reno Silver race, AND the 1970 California 1000 mile endurance race at Mojave. This was followed by winning the United States Cup 1000 mile endurance race in San Diego, and an amazing 3rd place in the Gold Cup race at Reno in 1971.
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Price: $7.50 to order, see the How to Order section. |
 
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Chuck Hall's sleek unlimited racer. Another excellent flier. Clipped wing gives more wing area than stock P-51. My heavy prototype did 2:53 in Tillamook Oregon Blimp Hanger (180 ft. ceiling) - capable of much more. All white with tangerine and black trim. Click picture for photo. - 12.56 Kb .JPG |
Price: $5.50 to order, see the How to Order section. |
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Anson Johnson's VERY fast race # 45. This aircraft unofficially broke 500mph in 1949, but ineptitude on the part of the officials prevented the proper recording of times over the official race course! Heavily clipped wings provide more wing area than stock P-51. Model has already done 2:52 under 26 foot ceiling! Simple all yellow with red trim scheme. Click picture for photo. - 12.56 Kb .JPG |
Price: $7.25 to order, see the How to Order section. |
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Cliff Cummins' very fast 1969 unlimited racer. Has clipped wings like the Chuck Hall racer. Real aircraft polished-so-bright-your-eyes-hurt-to-look-at-it aluminum with gold, yellow, and red trim. No photo available. Click picture for enlargement. - 9.29 Kb gif |
Price: $3.50 to order, see the How to Order section. |
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Well, I finally did a Spitfire. This one is a Mark 14 that was flown in the Tinnerman race at the Thompson Trophy races in 1949. Silver with red, blue, and black trim. Click picture for photo. 12.39 Kb .JPG |
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