Jimmy Leeward
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Kent "Jimmy" Leeward was an American air racer, owner of the Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala, Florida, and the pilot of the heavily modified North American P-51 Mustang racing aircraft, The Galloping Ghost. Leeward grew up around airplanes and at age 11 or 12 often flew a Piper Cub with his father. At age 14, his father allowed him to fly solo in a North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft. By age 18, he was flying charters in a Beechcraft Model 18. While still in college, he flew a Formula One racer in the Fort Wayne air races. in 1964, he crewed on an airplane at the very first Reno Air Races and in 1976, he first flew his P-51D Mustang "Cloud Dancer" in the Unlimited Class at Reno. In 1983, he purchased the P-51D racer "Jeannie" from Wiley Sanders. This airplane had a racing history going back to the Thompson Trophy races of the 1940s. Leeward raced this airplane at the Reno Air Races from 1983 to 1990
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09786138208051
- Auflage Aufl.
- Editor Christabel Donatienne Ruby
- Sprache Englisch
- Genre Sport
- Anzahl Seiten 128
- Größe H229mm x B152mm x T8mm
- Jahr 2011
- EAN 9786138208051
- Format Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
- ISBN 978-613-8-20805-1
- Titel Jimmy Leeward
- Untertitel Air racing, North American P-51 Mustang, The Galloping Ghost (aircraft), Experimental Aircraft Association
- Gewicht 200g
- Herausgeber FIDEL
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