2015 Northwoods 100 Air Race: Northwoods Wrap Up

Well, it took two weeks, but it was worth the effort!

First off, here are the combined unofficial results:

Race 540	Scott Gusakov	Glasair III	Sport	267.22
Race 411	Jeff Barnes	RV-6	RV Blue	224.15
Race 71	Bob Axsom	RV-6A	RV Blue	219.59
Race 47	Jim Wilson	RV-8	RV Gold	219.97
Race 12	Alan Caroll	RV-8	RV Blue	216.21
Race 98	John Keich	MM1	Sprint	177.02
Race 911	Craig Henry	PA-30T Twin Commanche	Twin 3T	176.66
Race 33	Alan Hughes	PA-32 Cherokee 6	FAC1FX	161.83
Race 47	Eric Whyte	PA-24 Commanche	FAC2RG	178.92
Race 52	Carl Ferguson	PA-28-150	FAC6	130.85

Here are a few pictures of both events

Rewind to this picture. I was asked if they were really mad at each other...

To get this picture, I took about 20 of these in which neither one could stop laughing ; )

It was great to have such fierce competitors with us for the event!

The next weekend kicked off with Bill's presentation about air racing in the 40's. It was like re-living history as he mixed video, pictures and stories to transport us back in time.

One of the more comical stories he told was about what a pilot had to do to qualify to race back then. Each pilot was required (among other things) to demonstrate a 9G pull. Bill was concerned about being able to do so and asked his mentor Steve Wittman how he would be able to withstand that kind of force. Steve said "easy, just pull into the turn and give the G meter a good whack with your knuckles". Bill did so but hit it so hard that it read 12G's and had to reset the meter and do it over ; )

John Keich's MM1 after battle!

No, Bill is not really that short, Mark Hegy is just very tall! Mark and I went to A&P school together back in the day. He is currently building an RV-8 and works with me at Sport Air.