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The Reno Air Races, officially known as the National Championship Air Races, are a multi-day event tailored to the aviation community that took place each September at the Reno Stead Airport a few miles north of Reno, Nevada, with the last races held in 2024. The Reno Air Racing Association plans to resume racing at a new venue in 2025. [1]
The Red Bull Air Race is featured as a playable mini-game in a special dedicated "Red Bull space" for PlayStation Home released on 8 January 2009. [22] The Red Bull Air Race is also featured as an advanced mission in Microsoft's Flight Simulator X. Additional racing missions and courses were included as part of 2007's Acceleration expansion pack.
The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in the United States since 1920. The science of aviation, and the speed and reliability of aircraft and engines grew rapidly during this period; the National Air Races were both a proving ground and showcase for this.
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.
The Reno Air Racing Association confirmed two pilots died when their planes collided upon landing at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race about 2:15 p.m. Sunday.
On Sept. 18, 2022, a jet-propelled Aero L-29 Delfín racing in a final crashed behind a residential area in Reno, killing the pilot. In 2011, several spectators were killed when a 1940s-model ...
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 ...