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Photos: Reno National Championship Air Races 2016

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Highly skilled pilots from around the world converged at Reno-Stead Airport once again for the 53rd National Championship Air Races.

About 120 airplanes competed in a number of race classes, including the Sport and T-6 classes captured in photos below.

Also competing in the Sport Class was Kevin Eldridge in "Relentless." John King, FlyerFocus.com
Bob Mills races in the Sport Class with his Thunder Mustang "Clas Thunder." John King, FlyerFocus.com
Peter Balmer competes in the Sport Class in "Swiss Thunder." John King, FlyerFocus.com
Retired military and airline pilot Lynn Farnsworth rounds out the Sport Class on Thursday in "Miss Karen II." John King, FlyerFocus.com
Four planes round the home pylon at the start of Thursday's T-6 Texan Race start. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Photographers on the flight line look upward as airplanes zoom by. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Three T-6 Texans vie for initial advantage during the first lap. John King, FlyerFocus.com
The T-6s round Pylon 3 during the race. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Chris LaFace flies the SNJ-4 Midnight Express. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Here comes Abracadabra, an AT-6C piloted by John Krawczyk. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Bare Essentials and Midnight Express duke it out rounding Pylon 3. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Inches from each other at speeds up to 230 mph, these planes race the 5.06 mile T-6 course. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Gene McNeely in his AT-6 Baby Boomer John King, FlyerFocus.com
Baby Boomer rounds a pylon. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Here comes Pole Dancer, piloted by Eric Woelbing. John King, FlyerFocus.com
Here's a closer Look at Pole Dancer, an AT-6C passing at over 210 mph. John King, FlyerFocus.com
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