Airplane Restoration

Sept. 15, 2005
The Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show is Sept. 14 to 18.
Aircraft restoration mechanic Mike Looney cleans a 1947 Hawker Sea Fury in the hangar of Unlimited Air at the Jerome Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 in Jerome, Idaho. The 2,800-horsepower Curtiss-Wright engine can fly at more than 410 mph and will be raced at the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show by owner Bill Rheinschild. The Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show is Sept. 14 to 18. For more on the show visit www.airrace.org.