Texan with a Turbo Super Charger &
A Open Cockpit! Cleveland 1947.
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The 'Bacon Super T-6S'
A Private Venture To Fill The
'COIN' Role. Featured Big Engine,
Bubble Canopy, Tricycle Gear &
Wing-Tip Fuel Tanks.
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The XAT-6E: AT-6D With A Ranger
V-12 Inline Water Cooled Engine.
Only One was Produced.
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In 1947 The XAT-6E Appeared As
A Entry In The Halle Trophy Race
Flown By Margaret McGrath, The XAT-6E
Was A Top Qualifier At 224mph, Even
Topping 240mph. Engine Trouble Forced
The XAT Out Of The Race.
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Civilian Attempts At Ranger
V-12's Seldom Paid-Off. Dori Marland
Crashed This Example At The 1947
Halle Trophy Race.
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Fastest Post-War T6 Racer Was
Piloted By Grace Harris; Placing 2nd
In The 1947 Halle Trophy Race And 1st
In The 1948 And 1949 Kendall Races!
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Super-Charged Wasp Powered AT-6D
Flown By Ruth Johnson Won The 1947
Halle Trophy Race At 223.602mph. Note
The Three-Blade Prop; Banned After 1947.
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Reno 1974 Mac McClains Former #25
Became Part Of The Red Baraon Racing Team
As Race # 5
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SNJ-6 'Eagle-1' Flown By
Colene Giglio; Reno 1974. 1st
Woman To Fly T-6 Class At Reno!
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Race 41 'Spooled-Up' 1978 Reno
T-6 2nd Place Champion Piloted By Mr.
Ralph Twombly
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Race #73 'Miss Everything' T-6
Champion Reno 1978 Pilolted by
Ralph Rina
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Easy On The Brakes...
You Will Lose Your Canopy & Tail!
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Mid-Air collision
At Reno 1978 Dimitry Pian(left)
flying his T-6 'Exorcist' and Don-
DeWalt, flying his T-6 'Miss Fertle-
Turtle' Impacted at the #5 pylon...both
losing their lives.
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Mr. M.D. Washburn of Huston, Texas
Lost his life in the second heat of T-6 race
Friday at Reno, 1975. He has just struck the
top of the #1 pylon and is rolling inverted
with a good portion of the left wing gone.
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A Present-T6 Racer...
BIG RED
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Mid 1970's T6 Class Champion
Pat Palmer On Race-Horse Start.
Palmer Won Three Consecutive T6
Class Championships In His #9
'GOTCHA!' & His #99 'GOTCHA!!'
Pat Sold The First #9 Which
Reappeared In The 1980's As #9
LicKetySpliT
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The Winner Fly-By!
The Victorious Pat Palmer
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The Victorious Pat Palmer
Climbs Into The 'Jeep' With The
Air-Race Queen For A Pass-By Of
The Grand-Stands & Cheering Crowd!
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Palmer Takes The Flag In 'GOTCHA!!'
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Hollywoods Favorite Japanese
Fighter! A Batch Of T6 Texans And Vultee
BT-13 Trainers Were Converted Into
Zeros, Kates & Vals For Epic Movies
Such As Tora-Tora-Tora & Midway As Well
As Television Movies And TV Shows Like
Black Sheep Squadron. Most Of These
Conversions Are Still Around Today. One
Even Strafed Sulu In A Original Star Trek
Episode!
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