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One of Air Racing's finest gentlemen, Engineer and Aircraft Designer, Jim Miller, of San Marcos, Texas,
in the original JM-1, "Texas Gem," Race 73. Jim raced Texas Gem and Pushy Cat, the JM-2 Race 14, in International Formula One (IF1) from the days of the Goodyear Midgets until his passing several years ago. His racers were the most elegant and most radical designs, and yes ~ you'd better believe ~ they won and placed well at every event they competed in.

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1981.

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Bubba Beal's "Spanglish" CASA ME-109, a Spanish-built, Rolls Royce Merlin-powered, Messerschmidt ME-109 that Beal utilized in an Air Show act once too often. The aircraft ground looped into the sage at Stead Airport, Nevada, in 1981, leaving Beal so frustrated that he donated the aircraft immediately to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, where it was restored back to flying condition and still flies today!

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1981.

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Dr. Cliff Cummins, one of the most popular Air Racers of the 1970s, standing next to his "ride," Race 69, "Miss Candace," a highly-modified North American P-51D Mustang with a Dave Zeuschal-prepared Rolls Roycer Merlin racing engine.

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1977.

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Lefty Gardner on the course in his Lockheed P-38 Lightning, "White Lightning," Race 13.

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1981.

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The famed, Rolls Royce Griffon-powered RB-51 "Red Baron," a highly-modified, hybrid North American P-51D Mustang matched with the Mk.57 motor of a Royal Navy Shackleton patrol bomber.

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1977.

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The North American P-51D Mustang of the Banducci Air Racing Team, Race 86, "Ciuchetton." Banducci's pilot was John Putman, who currently flies the Lockheed (Howard) Ventura annually at the Minter Field Air Show, in Bakersfield, California.

Photo taken in the Pits at the California National Air Races, Mojave Airport, California, June, 1979.

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The Grumman F8F Bearcat, "Precious Bear," owned and campaigned by the Whittington Brothers, Don & Bill, with Bill garnering the flying duties while Don raced their North American P-51D Mustang with the "H" style tail, the Rolls Royce Merlin-powered "Pecious Metal."

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1977.

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The end result of the ground collision between Don Whittington's "Precious Metal," Race 38, and Race Director Jerry Duty's Datsun 710, which was inadvertantly left unattended on the taxiway at Stead Airport, Nevada, following the Sunday Gold in 1977. Whittington had passed this photographer's position and from behind, I heard a "Whump, Whump, Whump, Whump, Whump!," turned around to see the highly-polished P-51 stand on it's nose, before coming back down to the taxiway on it's tailwheel. The damage can be seen to the propeller but the aircraft itself survived the incident quite well.

Unfortunately, not the case with Duty's Datsun, which can be seen rather sliced and diced in the center of this photo. Whittington was uninjured and the incident was added to Air Racing lore.

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1977.

Photo: M. Daniels / ILIPS Group International

The Canadian Snowbirds in their first appearance at Stead Airport, Nevada. The team is seen here at the top of a loop, seven aircraft strong while the two opposing solos (not pictured) line up for their head-on passes.

Photo taken at Stead Airport, Nevada, September, 1977.

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Beauty & The Beast ~ A young girl contemplates the Unlimited Class RB-51 "Red Baron" and its Rolls Royce Mk. 57 Griffon motor in the Pits between race heats.

Photo taken at the California National Air Races, Mojave, California, June, 1979.

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Air 2 Air ™ with Ralph Twombly, in Race 41, "Spooled Up," a North American SNJ trainer, with this photo being taken from Ralph Rina's "Miss Everything," Race 73, which later became Mary Dilda's Race 22, "Two of Hearts."

Since we're headed for the Pylons on a training session, we'll have some more pictures for you later...<g> We'll have some color image galleries coming soon as well.

Photo taken at the California National Air Races, Mojave, California, June, 1979.

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