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The 2003 Redmond 100 (or so) Air Race (Sunday, 31 August), a participant’s report.
The traditional race was reorganized to avoid a TFR around the fire still burning NW of Redmond. The new course was from Redmond (KRDM) to Madras (S33) to Sun River (S21) to Redmond. My Flightstar program computed the distance as 101 NM if it was flown per the rules. Note that the race minimum altitudes were 3500 ft after takeoff, 3100 ft at S33, 6000 ft at S21 and 4600 ft back at RDM. There was a NW wind component and very limited visibility (smoke) at the middle of the S33 to S21 leg, not to mention the occasional mound of dirt and rocks getting in the way. Race times were accurately recorded by an independent secret observer in the RDM tower. Later “official” computations were a little less accurate.
Re-Computed Results of some interest:
Arnold Christen 1st 360 Class – 30:00 min - 202 Kts – 233 mph
Scott Krueger 1st 320 Class – 31:16 min - 194 Kts – 223 mph
Fred Baron 2nd 320 Class – 32:06 min - 189 Kts – 217 mph
Oscar Grassle 1st 235 Mod Class – 33:03 min - 183 Kts – 211 mph
Bib Belshe 2nd 235 Mod Class – 36:23 min – 167 Kts – 192 mph
Mike Adli 1st Legacy Class – 28:16 min – 214 Kts – 247 mph
Brent Regan 1st IV Turbo Class – 25:14 min – 240 Kts – 276 mph
Hal Woodruff 2nd IV Turbo Class – 26:08 min – 232 Kts – 267 mph
Dan Demeray 3rd IV Turbo Class – 27:12 min – 223 Kts – 256.4 mph
Al Campbell 1st Propjet Class – 22:09 min – 274 Kts – 315 mph
Peter Stiles (Sentry) 2nd Propjet Class – 23:12 min – 261 Kts – 301 mph
Bob Woltstenholme, perhaps attempting to avoid a repeat of his Kitty Hawk to Oshkosh unscheduled stop or, perhaps out of confusion, grabbed the company ES and spent 34:54 minutes trying to find the gear up handle whilst chasing most everyone else. He did win the “Undercarriage down and locked at all times” Category even though he came in last-in-class.
Everyone had a great time save for the resort occupants at once peaceful Sun River.
Scott Krueger
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR)
PS Where were Grease, Moon-Dog, Hi-Speed Larry, etc. Huh? Huh?
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