Reno, 2019
Once a year, Stead Airport erupts with the sound of the fastest motorsport on Earth. The Reno Air Races are one of the most iconic aviation events of the year. After finally attending my...
Category: Reno
Shock and Awe
(All photos via Joe Kates) Shock and Awe!!!!!!!!! I am in total shock having received the news of the loss of my good friend and “brother” Mark Hrutkay. At the same time I...
Mark Hrutkay Has Gone West
We have lost one of our own here at Photorecon.net (and ClassicWarbirds.net and CivilAviationWorld.com and Motorecon.net). Editor, writer and photographer Mark Hrutkay passed away unexpectedly on May 10, 2019 at age 59. Although many...
A Look Back at the 2018 National Championship Air Races in Reno
Here’s a small group of photos from Tim Adams… who attended the 2018 Reno Air Races last year. The 2019 edition will be held during the second week of September, and promises to present...
Revisiting the 2017 Reno Air Races, Here They Come Again!
The STIHL National Championship Air Races will be held near Reno Nevada during the week of September 12 – 16, 2018. Here’s a review of last year’s race week, and a possible glimpse...
National Championship Air Races, 2016 Edition
What makes a person want to fly? What makes a person want to race? Surely there must be something within the human genetic code that drives certain people to push the limits of man...
We mourn the passing of Robert A. “Bob” Hoover, “The Greatest Stick and Rudder Man Who Ever Lived.”
(Photo: Smithsonian/National Air & Space Museum) One of the greatest pilots in aviation history passed into the eternal Wild Blue Yonder on October 25, 2016, R. A. “Bob” Hoover. The ninety-four year old Hoover passed away...
National Championship Air Races, 2015
Each September at a small, nondescript airport north of Reno, Nevada, a unique, amazing and unmatched aviation event occurs. Only here can spectators enjoy world class air racing, a breathtaking airshow, and a magnificent...
The National Championship Air Races 2014
September. For the majority of the world, this is just another month on the calendar. Usually the harbinger of fall, and with it the beginning of school, cooler weather, the end of summer...
The Moss Super Q.E.D. II… And So It Is Proven
“Quod Erat Demonstrandum”, a Latin phrase which translates into English as “what was to be proved” has a universally accepted acronym: “Q.E.D.”. This is attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid… and Euclidean geometry. It...
