Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson prepares for liftoff from Reno Stead airport in the heavily modified P-51 Mustang known as "Strega,"during Heat 3A of the 2015 Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Hoot went on to finish first in the Unlimited Gold race the next day.
Steven Hinton races out of Stead airport in the modified P-51D Mustang "Voodoo" on his way to clinch 2nd place in the Unlimited Heat 3A at the 2015 Air Races in Reno, Nevada.
Like the battleships of yore, the TMK 20 Sea Fury "Dreadnought," piloted by Dennis Sanders, accelerates at flank speed as it departs Stead airport for the Unlimited Heat 3A at the 2015 Air Races in Reno, Nevada.
