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Control Tower during the 2016 National Championship Air Races Pylon Racing Seminar Static aircraft on display at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Beginning in 1964, the Reno Air Races feature multi-lap, multi-aircraft races among extremely high performance aircraft on closed ovoid courses which range between about 3 miles (4.8 km) (Biplanes and Formula One) and about 8 miles (13 km) (Jet, Unlimited ...
On May 23, 2024, the Reno Air Racing Association announced starting in 2025, the Roswell International Air Center will host the National Championship Air Races and Air Show starting in 2025, replacing the Reno Stead Airport. [6]
September 13 – Reno Air Races – M.D. Washburn, 40, of Houston, Texas, died when the wing of his North American T-6 Texan clipped a pylon and crashed while in a tight formation at the start of the race. [136] September 13 – Reno Air Races – While wing walking, Gordon McCollom of Costa Mesa, Calif. was hanging under a plane piloted by Joe ...
A large air racing event is leaving Reno after 59 years. Here's why Pueblo is in the running to become the race's new host city.
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September 18 – An Aero L-29 Delfín crashed during lap 3 of 6 during the Jet Gold race of the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Pilot Aaron Hogue died in the crash. [24] August 26 – A Pitts S-1S crashed during an aerobatic practice flight in preparation for an Air Ambulance display at Shobdon Airfield in Herefordshire, UK. The plane entered a ...
The 2023 races were the last to be held at Reno Stead Airport due to a variety of reasons (see this article for more details). The new location of the National Championship Air Races is still being decided, but the NCAR is expected to return in 2025. - ZLEA T \ C 20:10, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
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.