![]() We needed a plane that could match Pipsqueak’s winning spirit. She is the personification of our Pipsqueak winning spirit and we are looking forward to her representing our racer in the years ahead. She has also logged several hours of right seat time in the family Cessna. She has taken flights to Mexico, Trinidad and Venezuela. He is a pilot and rated aircraft mechanic.Įmma is 3 years old and already an enthustastic and experienced flyer. Our latest representation of the Pipsqueak franchise is Emma Moyer, the daughter of Davey and Kristy Moyer. We continue to hope declining participation in the Unlimited Class and declining fan interest in the slow Jets will force a change soon. We hope to better last year’s effort, where we qualified 14th of 15 and worked our way up to 11th overall by the end of the week.Once again the politics at Reno prevent Pipsqueak, the world’s fastest 元9, from competing. As usual, SLUGGO’s goal is to not finish last. In the meantime, SLUGGO performed as well as a stock L-29 can be expected at Pylon Racing School, and remains dialed in to race. Third, the FAA and the Reno race officials have responded very favorably to our initiative, and have stated that they will support our efforts to enter Race 77 as soon as it meets race standards. Too late for this year, but in plenty of time to dial it in for next year. Steve has procured the engine and hopes to have the conversion completed by October. Steve is also an experienced pilot with Reno race experience. ![]() Steve is a rated mechanic and currently the Jet Class Tech inspector. Second, we engaged Steve Picatti as our new race engineer. This engine will give us essentially the same performance as the old Viper. First, we elected to re-engine Race 77 with a Pratt and Whitney JT12D. ![]() Since then, things have brightened considerably. Along with three other racers, these included our Race 77 Viper, which holds Reno’s absolute speed record at 544 MPH, and Race 2 Pipsqueak, which holds the record for L-39’s at 525 MPH. Reno finally beat him in the only way they knew: They concocted issues they used to ban his racers. Dave had led our domination of all Reno racing for 6 straight years, from 2005 to 2010. Second, the genius behind our racing success, Dave Cannavo, passed away in December. First, Rolls Royce issued a modified inspection program for our Viper race engines. The outlook for 2019 started out looking bleak. Race 2, Pipsqueak, remains a work in progress. The race officials and the FAA have indicated the new engine in the Viper will work for Race 77. Warbirds of Delaware continues to fight to get both of its banned racers back in the game. SLUGGO was 13th of 14th fastest overall, but Joe was able to qualify 11th of 14, and finish 11th of 14, with a 407 MPH race, good for third in the Bronze race. So, once again for 2019, Joe Gano was forced to fall back on his reliable old beater, Race 6 SLUGGO, a stock L-29. It looks like this combination will become a popular Jet Class racer over the next several years. The JT12/L-29 makes a reliable and inexpensive racer that Pete proved is highly competitive. Pete Zaccagnino won this year’s event in Race 24, another JT12 powered L-29 with a 495 MPH Gold race. For next year, it will be our top priority to get our JT12 engine installed and qualified. Warbirds of Delaware wasn’t able to get its re-engined Race 77, the Viper ready in time to qualify for 2019.
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