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    Airframe Family: Payne Knight Twister
    Latest Model:Knight Twister
    Construction Number:WHB1
    Last Civil Registration:N67P
    Compressed ID:Payne Knight Twister cn WHB1 cr N67...
    Latest Owner or Location:Stanley P. Kavrik, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Knight Twister.

    To unknown owner with c/r N67P.

    From 12 September 1964 to 20 September 1964

    Raced as #11, named Knight Twister.
    Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Biplane class. The primary pilot was Clyde Parsons. Raced in Heat B. Finished in 1st place with an average speed of 137.06 mph. Raced in the Trophy race. Finished in 1st place with an average speed of 144.57 mph.

    Circa 12 September 1964


    Photographer: Robert F. Pauley
    Notes: Clyde Parsons finished 2nd in 1965 in his Knight Twister that won in 1964. Robert F. Pauley photo.

    Circa 12 September 1964


    Photographer: Kenneth Smith
    Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races held at Sky Ranch Field in Spanish Springs near Reno, NV.

    From 6 September 1965 to 12 September 1965

    Raced as #11.
    Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Biplane class. The primary pilot was Clyde Parsons. Qualified in 2nd place with an average speed of 148.76 mph. Raced in Heat B. Finished in 1st place with an average speed of 145.58 mph. Raced in Heat 2 Gold. Finished in 1st place with an average speed of 148.91 mph. Raced in the Trophy race. Finished in 2nd place with an average speed of 146.06 mph.

    October 1965


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the Gold Coast Air Show in Fremont, CA.

    22 April 1997

    To Stanley P. Kavrik, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N67P.

    28 August 2003

    Civil registration, N67P, cancelled.
    Credits
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Reno Air Racing Association (National Championship Air Races)
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     Mike Henniger
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