In Flight USA - December 2017

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not he r ama zing race pu t on by

Ai rRac e1, this timein Th ailand ;

whe re16ra ce rsfr om all over the

wo rld me t at U-Tapao Nav al Air Base to

conti nu e the co mpet iti on fro m the Reno

Ai r Race s in Septe mber fo r the Worl d

Cha mpi onshi p.

Jef f Zal tman ha s be en put tin g on

these ra ces for several years now an d

be lie ve s this was the largest cro wd to

wa tchaFor mu la 1Race –ever. Estimates

of mo re than 40,00 0spectat ors have been

qu ote d. We cer tai nl y do n’t get 40,000

sp ec tator sfor our ea rl yraces at Reno!

Ti m Cone won and is no w the Air

Rac e 1 Wo rl d Cu p Champ ion. He had

so me hiccups earl ier in the week , bu t in

theGo ld Fi nal, he sh ot pas sed theco mpe -

tition. The Gold Podi um incl ud ed Justi n

Ph illip son,No St ring sAt tach edin Th ird

Pl ac e and Phi lip Gofort h of Tex as in

Knot ty Girlin Second Place.

Con e’s airpl ane , a highly mod ified

Cass utt na me dWh at Airplan e, Hon ey,was

named wh en his wife on ly realizinghe

owned the planewhen sh esaw him flying

it on TV duri ng the NBC Spo rts airin g of

theReno Ai rRa ce s. Nice try, Tim!

Behi nd the lea der s were 201 5 Air

Rac e1Wor ld Cup winner Tho mRichard

in Out rageou swho settl ed for fou rth

pla ce and Te am Siam Air Rac ing

Hyst eri aflow n by Bangkok-based

Fr enc hma n, Lione lMo uge lfinish ed fif th.

Stev eTem pl einQu adn ickel,Rys zard

Zadow inLas t Lap Pl ayerand Jerr y

Mars hal lro un ded ou ttheGo ldFi nal.

SilverRace

Earl ierin theaft ern oon, SwaidRahn

fly ingHeats trokewas the winn er of the

Silv er Fi na l, fini sh ing ahe ad of Chip

Ma pl es inMissUS A.Swa id ledthe entir e

ra cefrom st ar tto finish.

Afterwa rds hewasquot edas sayin g,

“Tha ila nd has be en an awe some expe ri -

enc eand we would loveto come back .”

Cana di an Scot t Hol mes finished

thi rd inOutla w, just ahe ad of Paul

New man in fo urth and Kent Ja cks on in

fif th. Tr evo rJa rvi sfi nishe dsixth and De s

Har t fro m Scotla nd, con tinu ed his di ffi -

cult we ek, with a DNF. Steve Tum lin in

his fi rstTha ila ndRacerecei ved aDNS.

Otherlocations?

Discussion has startedto have

ano the rAir Ra ce 1event inEly,Nevada.

We we re lucky eno ugh to stop by their

loc al air por t and discus s how the plan-

ning was comin galong.

While Ely is fa r fro m major cities,

they do kno whow to putonaWo rld Clas s

even t. Th ey ho st the Si lver St ate Classi c

and Ne va da Open Road Ch allenge each

year. For this event the entire town comes

outtovoluntee ror to sp ectat e.

They are ble ssedwithabe autifu lair-

por t – with ple nt y of flat land for ra cing

and pylo ns. Mult ipl erunw ays gi vepi lot s

lots of option s.

More on the Ely Ra ce as we get

clo se r.But ,Ibe lieve20 18 willbeagreat

yea rfor Ai rRa cing–across theglobe!

Spe ci al than ks to Naom i Dschaak,

who wasluc ky en oughtogo toTh ailand

and was kind enough to let us use her

photo sfor this mo nth’scolumn!

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Dign ita ries and Pil ot s at the Ope ning

Ce remon ies. ( Naomi Dsc haak )

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