Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
Issue link: http://experimenter.epubxp.com/i/90184
Reno's Racers Reno's Racers Like the rest of us, only faster By Tim Kern Speed is really a matter of degree. Several degrees. Every year, normal-looking pilots get into generally normal-looking airplanes and go abnormally fast. It's not that the pilots are just so good or that the airplanes are just so good; it's both. Pilots at the Reno National Championship Air Races come from the ranks of the military, the airlines, the air show circuit, ag fl ying, corporate fl ying…and neurosur- 20 NO. 3/NOVEMBER 2012 gery, general practice, and veterinary medicine; law and law enforcement, oil fi elds, engineering, car dealerships, and banking and fi nancial institutions. What makes them so good is their dedication and focus, on top of their talent. Can anybody fl y at Reno? Well, to the extent that anybody can drive in the Indianapolis 500, yes; all it takes is talent, dedication, practice, knowledge…plus money and maybe a little luck. The knowledge and money can come from other people; the rest is the result of talent and dedication.