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    The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was an air race across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland, California, to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii...
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    'heavier-than-air' air race was held on 23 May 1909 - the Prix de Lagatinerie, at the Port-Aviation airport south of Paris, France. Four pilots entered the race, two...
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  • Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race) took place in October 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The race was...
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  • Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI). Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race, and...
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    "Death Race". "Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races". NBC News. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011. "Death toll following Reno air disaster...
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    caused the 57th annual race to be cancelled and deferred to 2021. The 2023 air races was the last race held in Reno. The Reno Air Racing Association is...
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  • Bravo Air Race (known as Reciproheat 5000 in Japan and Air Race in Europe) is an aircraft racing video game for PlayStation developed by Xing Entertainment...
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  • The Air Race Classic is an annual transcontinental air race for female pilots. Route lengths are approximately 2,400 statute miles (3,900 km). All flights...
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    specifically to participate in the 1934 England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race from the United Kingdom to Australia. Development of the Comet was seen...
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    The Air Race E World Cup (also known as Air Race E) is a planned air racing championship run to Formula One rules and adapted for purely electric aircraft...
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    Zamperla (redirect from Air Race (ride))
    Storm, Z-Force, Mixer, Rotoshake, Turbo Force, Power Surge, Mini Jet, and Air Race. The company is organized in different departments, the Art Department...
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    The King's Cup air race is a British handicapped cross-country event, which has taken place annually since 1922. It is run by the Royal Aero Club Records...
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    long-distance air race in 1934, the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia. During the 1930s, aircraft designs were often proven in air races and...
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    needed] Pilots in Red Bull Air Race World Championship have worn a g-suit called g-Race Suit since the 2009 season. The g-race suit is a liquid (water)...
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    the National Air Races were both a proving ground and showcase for this. In 1920, publisher Ralph Pulitzer sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race and the Pulitzer...
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  • Half a World Away (also known as The Great Air Race) is a 1991 Australian television miniseries directed by Marcus Cole from an original story by Ross...
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    only woman to enter the Dole Air Race in 1927, created to be the first to fly from California to Hawaii. During the race, she and several other competitors...
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  • 2022 Air Race World Championship Previous 2019 Next 2023 The 2022 Air Race World Championship was to be the fifteenth season of the Air Race World Championship...
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    "Tainui", race number 60, in the 1991 Australian mini-series The Great Air Race, about the 1934 London to Melbourne MacRobertson Trophy Air Race. It is also...
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  • fictitious air race from London to Paris, with a £10,000 (equivalent to £1,300,000 in 2023) prize, intended to prove that Britain is "number one in the air". The...
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    The Schlesinger Race, also known as the "Rand Race", the "Portsmouth – Johannesburg Race" or more commonly the 'African Air Race', took place in September...
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  • The Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race was a race between London, UK and New York City, USA to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first trans-atlantic...
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  • Series 1 start and end points The first series of Race Across the World consisting of six episodes first aired on BBC Two from 3 March to 7 April 2019. Five...
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  • point-to-point race, sponsored by industrialist Vincent Bendix founder of Bendix Corporation, began in 1931 as part of the National Air Races. Initial...
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    Tom Campbell Black (category Royal Air Force officers)
    aviator when he and C. W. A. Scott won the London to Melbourne Centenary Air Race in 1934. Tom Campbell Black attended Brighton College and the records for...
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    The 1953 London to Christchurch air race, the "Last Great Air Race", was 12,300 miles (19,800 km) long, from London Airport (now London Heathrow) to Christchurch...
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    540T. The Zivko Edge 540 is the most common aircraft used in the Red Bull Air Race World Series. Data from Edge 540 Aerobatic Aircraft General characteristics...
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    MacRobertson Air Race in 1934. The touring aircraft was designed with large fuel tanks to handle the long legs needed for the England to Australia race. A Curtiss...
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    The Wars of the Roses was an air race organized by the Yorkshire Evening News between the Yorkshire-built Blackburn Type I monoplane and the Lancashire-built...
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    history in air racing. In 1970, a 1,000-mile (1,600 km) Unlimited race was held—the first closed-course pylon race to include pit stops. The race was notable...
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