Fly Low, Fly Fast: Inside the Reno Air Races

By Robert Gandt and Robert Grandt

Book Overview

This first-ever insider foray into the world's fastest and most dangerous aviation sport is as thrilling as Ernest Gann's classic Fate Is the Hunter or Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff In Fly Low, Fly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670884510
• ISBN13: 9780670884513
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This is the best book i have ever read. It's like your are in the cockpit flying the race. If you are interested in air racing this is the book you should get.

FLY LOW FLY FAST: INSIDE THE RENO AIR RACES

I have thoroughly enjoyed all five of Robert Gandt's books and, once again, it seems that each has been more exciting than the one before.In FLY LOW FLY FAST, the author transports you into the pits and into the very heart and soul of those daring aviators and their cutting-edge flying machines that make the Reno Unlimited Air Races the most dangerous and thrilling sport in the world. Nothing, in my years of watching from the sidelines, had prepared me for the mano-a-mano action behind the scenes that few are privileged to know. Rare Bear, Dago Red, Strega, Tsunami, Tiger Distefani, Bob Hoover, Burt Rutan... All are vividly brought to life by a truly masterful craftsman in a drama of life and death that is certain to keep you spell-bound.If you liked Gandt's BOGEYS AND BANDITS: THE MAKING OF A FIGHTER PILOT, you're sure to love FLY LOW FLY FAST. An easy 5 Stars! Lookin forward to his next adventure.

You feel like you could be in the seat yourself.

I found this book to be the perfect balance of information about the aircraft and the men who fly them. You learn enough about the planes to understand the dangers involved and also get a good feel for the kind of person it takes to strap into one of these machines. Good insight into the behind the scenes stuff that are all the makings of a pilot soap opera. I only wish it included more discussion of the other race classes at Reno as it focused primarily on the Unlimited Class. But definitely worth the ride.

A wonderful flying book!

In a time of extreme sport,there is hardly any that is as inherently dangerous as that of racing high performance aircraft. The title of this great book tells just what each aviator has to do to win the National Air Races in Reno: fly low and fly fast. Gandt completely captures the thrill, and yes, the romance, of pushing aging warbirds around a 9.1 mile course at speeds approaching 500 miles an hour. He also gives some history and does personality profiles of the aviators. The book is extremely well written and leaves you wishing it were longer. I only wish there had been more photos! Those aircraft are really gorgeous and the cover shot is just outstanding; what a poster it would make for an aviation lover's wall. This book is a worthy successor to his BOGEYS AND BANDITS, which was also outstanding. I only hope he's got another book in the works.

Another great "eye-witness aviation history" from Gandt!

Gandt has a unique eye for observing aviation. And he can describe what he sees in an obsorbing manner to his readers. What I liked most about this book is the mountain of facts he collected! Gandt doesn't gloss over information. He gives you part numbers and explains their differences.