The early races were held at Sky Ranch then moved to Stead later. I have 110 acres on top of the highest mountain seen in the video and can still see were the runway and taxiways are. It was a great place to grow up. Every September I would be overcome with some 'illness' and spend all day watching the airplanes. :)
I had just went into the USAF in 1964 at the age of 19 and went to Edwards AFB in California and was a mechanic 43151E jet engine 4 and over on the TB58 Hustler, those where the days when being in the Air Force where the height of my career. The real Air Force.
Must be 1965 as september 12th was a Sunday that year. 65 was my first trip to the Air Races. I've only missed twice since then. Thanks for sharing some great coverage. Now that's racing.
This is epic!! Great job. My Grandfather was Tom Cassutt, he designed a lot of the Formula 1 pylon racers. Do you by chance have any more footage or pictures of those?
Hey Isamu, we're doing a show for the Reno Air Races and would like to use your old footage for a historical feature in the show. Can we have permission to use it? Thanks; cool stuff.
I remember them a decade later in Trade-a-plane (lots of them & parts!) averaging 100k... I said let's get one- but Dad said ya gotta be a Millionaire to keep 'em flying (he stuck with the self-supporting workhorses)!
