Splash and Dash Searey Seaplane Delights                            May 15 3:49 Guest User - Request Membership Layout | Log In | Help | Videos | Site | Emails  Search:   Front Page Calendar Photos Add Photos News Add News File Cabinet Add File Cabinet History Add History * Searey Info * Add * Searey Info * Polls Add Polls Classifieds Add Classifieds Utilities Create a New Site  News View All News | Add News | Emoticons | Mark Unread Search News:      Category: Previous Item - Welcome new member: ... This will go to the previous thread in this topic.       Favorite option: If you want this item to be marked as a favorite, click on the black heart.   Reno         Next Item - Smilin Jack Fly-In Titusville This will go to the next thread in this topic.    Larry Woods - Oct 08,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Hi Gang:<br /><br />Most of you are aware that I have another passion aside from my A-24 amphibian, that being my Questair Venture. Below, I have posted two URLS to some amazing in-cockpit video footage posted on You Tube by Bruce Patton. This footage provides the viewer with a competitor's view of the final Super Gold race at this year's Reno, as seen from good friend Mike Dacey's Venture . <br /><br />Mike built his Venture himself and unlike most of his competitors, races without any sponsorship. Over the years, he has experienced more than his share of difficulties in his Reno racing activities, but this year, he really pulled off a 'Horatio Alger'. Mike finished third. Only the two 'purpose-built' NXTs were faster. Mike averaged 351 mph around the course (ie., while banked at 85 degrees and pulling multiple 'Gs' most of the time). If you watch closely, you will see Mike overhaul and pass a Lancair Legacy (on the last lap, no less).<br /><br />Making Reno even sweeter for Venture fliers was the fact that Tony Crawford competed in his FIXED GEAR Venture and finished third in the Silver final, averaging 279 mph around the course (Tony finished ahead of several Glassairs, Legacies SX-300s and even a Lancair 4).<br /><br />Both guys flew their Ventures to the event and then flew them back home after the racing was finished (and Tony lives on Florida). Neither experienced any problems during the races nor enroute to and from the races. I am proud of the fact that both Ventures sported some of my 'mods' <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0g7NOlr18Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0g7NOlr18Y</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poXvouR2Gf0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poXvouR2Gf0</a><br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />Best,<br />Larry Woods          Dan Nickens - Oct 08,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Okay, Larry, that does look like fun. How about next year we enter in the light sport amphibian turtle cross amble?          Don Maxwell - Oct 08,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Cool! There's one point on the last lap where he appears to roll beyond 90 degrees. Maybe that gave him the speed to pass the Legacy. I'd like to see those videos in hi-res.<br /><br />Ah, but Dan has a point about the turtle cross amble. <br /><br />Last spring I wrote to the guys who sponsor that race to Oshkosh--whatever it's called--requesting that they open a category for two-place home-built amphibians. Still waiting for their reply.          Larry Woods - Oct 08,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Hi Dan:<br /><br />Running a Venture at its normal cruise speed of 275 mph up at 10,000 to 15,000 feet is fun. I have a different term for running it in close proximity to 'Mother Earth' and several other competitors at 350 mph. (g)<br />(Must be the encroachments of the aging process as I have always been fairly competitive by nature).<br /><br />That said, I sure have a great deal of respect and admiration for both Mike and Tony. Thye have shown the world what this remarkable aircraft can do.<br /><br />Best,<br />Larry          Larry Woods - Oct 08,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Hi Don:<br /><br />I have several pals who compete in the race from Dayton to Oshkosh. To a man they all say it is a ball. And interestingly enough, there have been amphibians entered. (g)<br /><br />Best,<br />Larry          Dennis Scearce - Oct 09,2007   Viewers  | Reply     Thanks for posting, Larry. That is FUN to watch. I can't imagine what it would be like to be in the cockpit.

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