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Miss Gianna from the Flyin' Lo Racing Team placed second in the Biplane Class Gold Race at the Reno Air Races, September 13-17, 2006. Her qualifying speed was 241.136 mph: one lap on a course measuring approximately 3.18 miles. In the final race (6 laps, approx. 19.1 miles) her average speed was 231.685 mph.
Miss Gianna in the hangar at Reno. Named for Owner/Pilot Jeffrey Lo's daughter Gianna, she is a Pitts LR-1 capable of flying at over 250 mph, which makes her the world's fastest Pitts Special. Miss Gianna's fuel control system is Precision Airmotive's Silver Hawk, model EX-10VA1. She was scratch built as a racer by Cris Ferguson of C&H Aircraft Restoration. The "LR" in Miss Gianna's model designation stands for "Lo Racer."
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Flyin' Lo's other plane, Miss Dianne, is named for Jeff's late wife (Gianna's mom), who passed away in 2001. Her pilot is Cris Ferguson, who did a major rebuild on her in 1997. Miss Dianne is a Pitts S-1S and her fuel control system is the Silver Hawk model EX-5VA1. In the 2006 Reno Air Races, she finished second in the Biplane Class Silver Race, with an average speed of 188.424 mph.
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parallel valve Lycoming IO-360 engines. However, Jeff says, "As
experimentals, they have been built up from parts from a variety of
Lycoming models so there's not really a good designation more specific
than
The Flyin' Lo Racing Team's display poster, which contains information about the planes, the team, and Flyin' Lo's sponsors. (Click to enlarge.)
Crewmembers Esther Andrews and Andrew Carrigan do recovery on Miss Gianna following a race.
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FLPictures of the Silver Hawk EX installation on Miss Gianna. Click a picture to view it full-sized in a new browser window.
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