Thursday, September 27, 2012

Reno Air Races Resume Amid Remembrance


Motorsports and racing are inherently dangerous. Where men and women push the limits of performance in competition, equipment breaks or mistakes are made, and accidents happen, the outcomes of which are sometimes tragic.

No form of motorsport is immune, despite the tremendous efforts of organizers, promoters and sanctioning bodies to emphasize safety, and when tragedy strikes it can be indiscriminate, taking a sport’s biggest stars like Ayrton Senna and Dale Earnhardt, or its promising up-and-comers like ...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Reno Air Races Test PIlots' Skills Just 50 Off Deck



Stephen Partridge-Hicks, known simply as “SPH,” knows a day flying is a day well spent, his smile when climbing into the cockpit surpassed only by the smile when getting out. However, one week a year, his smiles are bigger and last longer, and it happens each September at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. 

A native of the United Kingdom, SPH came about flying the Miss USA Formula One race plane through his friendship with Thom Richard, co-founder of Warbird Adventures in Kissimmee, Florida. “Thom told me how much fun he had racing this plan and that he thought I could race her too,” said Partridge-Hicks, “so I thought I would give it shot.”

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