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Air Racing

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Captain Mark Nel air race

Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races

March 2010 | By John Miller

The Bear has been hugging pylons at Reno since 1969.

The Bear Is Back

The winning-est Bearcat in air racing steps up once more to the starting gate.
November 2009 | By Preston Lerner

Rare Bear

Is Winning Everything?

For an air racing legend named Rare Bear, yes.
September 29, 2009 | By Diane Tedeschi

Reno Wrap-up

What was hot—and what was not—at the 2009 National Championship Air Races.
September 28, 2009 | By Linda Shiner

Live! From Reno! It's Air Racing!

For the first time in the 100-year history of air racing, fans can watch a live broadcast of the sport from the aerial race course in Reno, Nevada. This Sunday, September 20, the final races in all six categories will appear at LiveAirshowTV. With cameras in the grandstands and in the control tower...
September 18, 2009 | By Linda Shiner

A worker does a final paint touchup before the Gee Bee

Bring Back the Brute

A GeeBee racer in flyable condition? Don’t do it.
March 2009 | By ROBERT BERNIER

As Nemesis rocketed past 400 mph, pilot Jon Sharp entered territory held by aircraft in the Unlimited and Jet classes.

Moments & Milestones: Giddyup 409

Giddyup 409
January 2009 | By George C. Larson

The winner of the first Schneider Trophy race was France with a Deperdussin. The replica can float; the original won the race in 1913 with a speed of about 46 mph.

Racing Planes of Fame

A visit to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California is a tour through the history of air racing.
March 01, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

A trio of Sport class racers skim the high desert.

Air Racing 101

A course in handling the course at the National Championship Air Races.
January 2008 | By Larry Lowe

A four-place kitplane with a pusher propeller, the Velocity SE FG offered a sturdy off-the-shelf airframe for a rocket-engine modification.

X-Racers

Can aviation's newest spectator sport lead to routine space travel?
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe

Rare Bear takes off for the Saturday Gold race. On Sunday, pilot John Penney finished first in the Unlimited class.

Notes from the Reno Races

Dispatches from the 2007 National Championship Air Races.
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe

Air racers enter the "track" in close formation, but crossing the finish line, there

The Physics of Winning

What Reno air race winners know that losers don't.
January 2007 | By George C. Larson

On Reno

Red Bull's Rodeo

Take two parts aerobatic skill, add daring, throw in obstacles and speed: Air racing's got a brand-new bag.
May 2005 | By Larry Lowe

Australian Racing Moths

In the Great Australian Tiger Moth Race, it's not whether you win or lose, but whether you can stand that damned uncomfortable cockpit long enough to even finish.
March 2004 | By Derek Grzelewski

On display at the Reno Air Races, the rule was “look, but don’t touch.” And best wear sunglasses, lest the highly polished aluminum skin sear your retinas.

Silver Bullet

No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.
May 2003 | By Preston Lerner

One of Reno’s most coveted prizes is a pit pass, which allows the audience to get up close and personal with the musclebound Unlimiteds.

Reno Enters the Jet Age

They're not as fast as the top Unlimiteds, but the national air racing organization is gambling on jets to boost attendance.
September 2002 | By Carl Hoffman

Masters of the V-12

They're like highly specialized surgeons: there are few of them and they're in great demand.
March 2002 | By Stephan Wilkinson

The Schneider Trophy

It began as the prize for a seaplane race. It ended as the symbol of a contest among nations that foreshadowed war.
June 1988 | By Ron Dick


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