WhatWhat you will find here are more short video clips from the 2000 National Championship Air races in Mpeg format.  I'll try to keep the quality up and the file size as low as I can.  These Mpeg clips seem to view best with Real Player
Bear !!
And that's about all I got to say about that !
Enjoy your visit !
Click HERE to visit the Rare Bear website.
Since Rare Bear didn't compete during the 2000 races,  the video clips are from her appearence at Oshkosh in 1994.

The first clip is a taditional Rare Bear startup.  Lots of smoke and thunder.
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The second clip shows her during takeoff
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HERE for clip 2

The third clip is a fast pass.
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" Miss America  "
" September Pops "
Unlimited Class Air Racer Rare Bear was unable to compete at the 2000 National Championship Air Races. Due to the enormous cost of having an engine rebuilt she will also sit out the 2001 races.  Sad but true !

During the 2000 races she was no where to be found till I spotted her Tues. or Wed. in the back of a small hanger near the south end of the pits.  I managed to shoot a few pics of her and if you didn't get to the races last year or didn't spot her while you were there,  then these pics are for you.

On Friday Rare Bear was tugged to the hanger where the work on Strega was done and put on display.
Miss America,  flown by Brent Hisey,  had a problem during race week and spent some time down at the south end of Stead getting things back in order.  I thought I had heard that a radio problem was what they were working on.

Word has it that she will be getting a true race Merlin and other mods and should be able to make an appearence in the Gold race.
Last updated 07-06-01
Click HERE to visit the Miss America website
Click HERE for the Miss A clip.
" Strega "
Bill "Tiger" Destefani and Mark Kallio talk shop
Clic HERE for the Strega clip.
Clic HERE for the September Pops clip
Good Luck Team Rare Bear at Reno 2003 !od
All the videos on  the RenoVids4u website were shot by Duane Hover at the 2000 National Championship Air Races unless otherwise noted.   If anyone is interested in a higher quality version of these mpegs on a cd,  email Duane for the details.

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" Pardue "
Click HERE for a clip of Howard Pardue taxiing past after a flight.
Bill says " I'm 73 years old and I'm building a peanuts scale Rare Bear.  Every time a need insperation I spend a few minutes at your site! It's absolutly terrific.  Thanks
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