Flyin' Lo Strikes Gold at Reno!!
Miss Gianna from the Flyin' Lo Racing Team won the Biplane Class Gold Race at the 2007 Reno Air Races, which took place September 12-16, 2007. Her average speed for the qualifying run (one lap on a course of 3.18 miles) was 234.951 mph. In the final race her average speed was a winning 233.470 mph over six laps (19.1 miles).
Victorious pilot Cris Ferguson poses in Miss
Gianna's cockpit. Miss Gianna's fuel control system is Precision
Airmotive's Silver Hawk EX, model
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Cris landing Miss Gianna following her first-place performance in the Biplane Gold Final.
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Owner/Pilot Jeffrey Lo posing with Miss Dianne, Flyin' Lo's other plane (click for larger picture). Miss Dianne didn't fare as well at Reno this year, finishing seventh in the Biplane Silver Race at 179.985 mph. However, she remained competitive as she qualified at 189.010 mph, which is her fastest-ever official speed.
Jeff taxiing Miss Dianne following
her "personal best" qualifying run. Miss Dianne's fuel
control system is the Silver Hawk model
Pictures of Miss Gianna being worked on in the hangar at Reno that provide a look at her engine and/or the Silver Hawk EX fuel control. Click any picture to see a larger version in a new browser window. The people in the pictures are as follows (from left to right in each picture):
| Left | Crewmember Jim Carrigan, Co-Crew Chief Andrew Carrigan, Crewmember Bill Neely (behind plane), Co-Crew Chief Esther Andrews. | |
| Center | Jeff Lo (on creeper under plane), Bill Neely (kneeling at right). | |
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Right |
Jeff Lo, Crewmember Art Hastings (behind prop), Cris Ferguson (in baseball cap). |
Cris Ferguson landing Miss Dianne following a check flight.
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Miss Gianna in flight (click to enlarge) with Cris Ferguson at the controls. Photos by Atsushi "Fred" Fujimori.
