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Keith Rider R-4
"Schoenfeldt Firecracker
Photo by H.G. Frautschy |
Noted race pilot Skip Holm landed at
Oshkosh's Wittman Field this morning in the Keith Rider R-4 "Schoenfeldt
Firecracker," a replica racer from the Golden Age of Air Racing. The
original 1936 aircraft was flown to many top-three finishes in the years
just prior to World War II. It was first flown by accomplished race pilot
Roger Don Rae, then Tony LeVier placed first in the 1938 Greve Trophy race
and second in the 1939 National Air Races behind Roscoe Turner in the
Turner-Laird Special.
Retired Air Force Maj. General Pat Halloran,
who has flown the Firecracker nearly 60 hours since it's completion last
year, spearheaded this replica project, which is owned by the Thomas
Wathen Foundation. Bruce and Evan McCombs, as well as Stan Rackleff, also
worked on the project in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The airplane will be on display in the
Vintage Aircraft area, just south of AeroShell Square.
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