I show this video to folks, mostly friends and their friends, when we are talking about the physics and other things that go into speed, especially flying. Also, this video leaves me with goosebumps every time I watch it, so the framework for understanding is a very welcome bonus. I will never stop being in awe of this footage.

816 km/h Com um p 51 Meu pai voava um t22 a focker a 200😂 .

Most amazing pilot I ever seen.

Why does he runs for so long on the runway Even a 152 would take a lot less time to take off A plane that takes more than 15 seconds to take off shouldn't be flying

Picture this: 72 years earlier, the Piston word record was set exactly 100mph slower at 407.5mph in a Supermarine S.6B (S1596) flown by George Stainforth

And Bill in the pits…damn!

Other than Lefty Gardner, I’ll take Skip. Saw Skip in Tsunami come down the chute and as I looked from the top of the P-38, directly East and saw Tsunami’s rudder and tail coming up from -below the field elevation. Lemmon Valley I think. Anyway great pilot

Skip is an absolute BEAST

I love this video. I wish I could have been there.

nm pics at the end lol

is it a p51?

Nice!

Absolutely marvellous.

I was at outer 4 when he set this record. For many years I had one of if not the best job at the races. I was Bill Chapman 's go for. I hauled the Porta potties to the pylons. I set out the trash barrels. Some years I had to chalk the show line. I was the 3rd vehicle to arrive in the lemon valley dry lake when Pond racer went in. That was a crappie piece of the job. I held a formula one heat race for half an hour sitting at the east end of the main runway waiting for clearance from race control to go back. Yes while I waited I was reading the paper. In my top less tan CJ7. I got invited to my first pilots meeting the next morning. I had to give up my spot in 07 or 08. Now they are gone forever. I'm glad I got to take part and I feel good about letting others have a chance. I will miss the races.

for 2003 that's actually pretty good audio. listen to that merlin sing!

My man is cookin'!

Dago Red. The baddest piston powered plane the planet has ever seen. 🏁🏴‍☠️

Man I really wish that plane kept racing

Amazing work😮

who is the sea fury that pursuit dago red?

0:50 that jet blasts by and they are like "I don't think so"! Granted I think the jet was a tweet.

The Wright Brothers are just jumping in their grave at what they started.

I can’t even imagine the stress he and the plane is taking at his angle of attack. Just goes against aeronautical forces.

BANK LEFT. BANK LEFT.

Skip flew 500 ft of the deck. The lowest flyer at the race.

I was there that day. My girlfriend family was part owner of Dago Red. Why I wanted to be a Aircraft Tech. The P51 Mustang. Changed WW2. A pilot who flew them created a second color head for a printing press and he call it. The P51 Townsend. Ran the hell out of that press.

He must be afraid of heights🤣

I was there. Awesome.

I was on the Dago team in 1983 man what a beautiful plane she was.

Whatever happened to Dago Red?

Amazing footage! One hiccup from man, machine, or the elements at that speed and altitude is usually fatal!

Skip flew the entire race in a bank, never leveled. And that is how it was done.

In-F-in' sane!!!

At 11:27 he starts take off, at 12:12 strong shaking (broke rod?) ...13:22 touch down 👍 WOW! What a great job Skip 👏👏 He did all that like it was planned and just another day at the office. To me it would have been full panic mode. Unbelievable! Maybe broke record for the shortest flight ever in a Unlimited Air Racer.

Perfect Flying

this is AMAZING!! Mr. Holm said #38 Miss Ashley II and Tsunami were even FASTER

Not long after the Sept. 11th attacks, there was a video of Dago Red that was posted, titled "Dawn Patrol": Red was the only plane in the video, and it was started up, and flown, did several passes over it's home field, and landed - and then the engine run up...it, and the sound, was fantastic! What the hell happened to that video???

Down hill from here

No wonder the motor blew.this was after dago had just raced

I was out by the fenceline and had to watch the race from my car. The freezing rain and cold just seemed to blow in from nowhere. Still hard to believe they actually flew the race in that weather.

Thank you for the memories. I was there at the last race. We will always remember Dago Red as the TOP aircraft that No one could ever beat. I was so looking forward to the next race when I heard that Dago Red would be retired that same race. Thanks to Skip and the crew. My dad loved coming to the Reno Air Races and this brought back good memories. Dad passed in 99 but loved Dago Red.

Skip Holm is full on balls to the walls.

Victory lasts for the moment... ...picture day lasts for ever... La Habra HS Football coach 1960's

The epitome. Skip at his peak paired with Dago at her peak.

Insane

In a Hawker Fury??

Terrifying to say the least !!!!! I've picked out one precise clue on the ground being easily recognizable, and by carefully watching I froze the video at the very moment it repeatedly arrived - well, at least for three instances (maybe more?) time spent to make one lap was always exactly 60 seconds... not 59, nor 61. Sounds like incredible, how the hell could this pilot keep the very same course at such speeds and G-forces ?!??? Fantastic !!! I also was wondering: possibly the speed along the path would change a very little after all, in my opinion. However being that an oval flight path instead of being perfectly circular, could it be that where turns are less extreme around the pylons speed can benefit from a few straight segments? I do mean, if 512 mph were the resulting average for that particular lap, how much could have been an absolute top speed in one (if any) most favourable portion? Thanx very much from Italy.

Was on the pit crew for Dago in the mid 80's She is and always will be my favorite Race plane..... thanks for the memories

MAN, that engine sounds GOOD when it's wound up! That thing really eats up ground, doesn't it.

I was part of race setup that year, I saw him come around pylon 7 on the last lap, kicking up dust. It was amazing