Filming "Thunder Over Reno", 19 -21 June 2006
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"Thunder Over Reno", billed as "the World's Fastest Love Story", is a full-length film that features plenty of action on the ground and in the air centered around the Reno National Championship Air Races. It stars Hawk Younkins, Natasha Yi, Bobby Aronofsky, and Izabella St. James. It is written and directed by Mitch Carley with Executive Producers Robert Odegaard and Rob Challans.
For more information about the film, slated for release Summer 2007, visit the "Thunder Over Reno" home page at www.thunderoverreno.com.
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![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/19june/0625-_y3g0126_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Racers come over the ridge, approaching Pylon 4.'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/19june/0625-_y3g0336_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Jimmy Leeward and North American P-51D "Cloud Dancer". Photographer Doug Anderson is in the back, shooting footage for "Thunder Over Reno" through a specially-cut canopy.'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/19june/0625-_y3g0365_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Ron Buccarelli and Griffon-powered P-51 Mustang "Precious Metal".'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/19june/0625-_y3g9782_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Videographer Doug Anderson shoots footage for the film "Thunder Over Reno" from beneath a specially-cut canopy mounted to Jimmy Leeward’s P-51D Mustang "Cloud Dancer".'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/20june/0625-_y3g0447_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'A large gaggle of racers approaches Pylon 3 on the East side of the Unlimited Race Course at Reno Stead Field.'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/20june/0625-_y3g0538_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Racers turn Pylon 5 and enter the "Valley of Speed" during the filming of "Thunder Over Reno".'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/20june/0625-_y3g0822_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,' Action from the National Championship Air Races and Air Show.'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/20june/0625-_y3g1106_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'A Bell BHT-206 "Jet Ranger" helicopter equipped with a Gyron ball mount housing a Sony HD video camera was used to film aerial sequences for the film "Thunder Over Reno".'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/21june/0625-_y3g1290_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Air racers are towed down Virgina Street in preparation for a parade in downtown Reno.'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/21june/0625-_y3g1330_std.jpg','PhotoPop',424,600,'Lyle Shelton gives a salute from the cockpit of Grumman F8F Bearcat "Rare Bear" during the parade through downtown Reno.'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/21june/0625-_y3g1334_std.jpg','PhotoPop',600,424,'Hawk Younkins plays the male lead Butch Bandi in "Thunder Over Reno".'))
![[Click to open larger image in a new browser window.] Image copyright 2000-2002 Mark Johnston. All rights reserved.](Javascript:photoPopup('gallery/web/tor/21june/0625-_y3g1352_std.jpg','PhotoPop',600,424,'Female lead Natasha Yi and Director Mitch Carley compare notes.'))