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Formula One Air Racing is an American motorsport that involves small aircraft using engines up to 200 cubic inches (3.3 litres) in displacement. Racers can reach speeds over 200 mph. [ 1 ] History
Nemesis seen from above. The Sharp DR 90 Nemesis is a Formula One racing aircraft designed by Jon Sharp and built at the Mojave Airport by the Nemesis Air Racing Team. The aircraft is powered by a modified Continental O-200 piston engine.
Pilot Bud Pedigo clocked 208.90 mph, good for sixth place in an amazingly fast field of 13 racers. A few weeks later, at Reno, Pedigo raced into fifth place in the Formula One Championship Race at almost 204 mph. [7] One OR62-2 crashed in 1971 due to propeller failure, [8] and another in 1975 due to a fuel system failure. [9]
T-6 Gold Start passing the finish pylon at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Air racing is a type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.
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The Williams W-17 Stinger is an American homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed for Formula One Air Racing by Art Williams and produced by his company, Williams Aircraft Design of Northridge, California, introduced in 1971. The aircraft was at one time available in the form of plans for amateur construction, but only one was ever ...
National Air Races: Cessna GC-1: US: 1930: Cirrus Air Derby: Chester Jeep: US: 1932: National Air Races: Chester Goon: US: 1938: National Air Races: Christensen Zipper: US: 1948: Built for the Goodyear midget air races Church Midwing JC-1: US: 1928: National Air Races: Command-Aire Little Rocket: US: 1930: Cirrus Air Derby [citation needed ...
Bohannon entered the aircraft in the Reno Air Races in 1994, qualifying in third place in the Formula One class, with a speed of 236.153 mph (380.051 km/h). [1]In 1995 Bohannon flew the aircraft to second place in the Formula One Gold championship race at Reno, Nevada.