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Aircraft must have a minimum wing area of 66 square feet (6.1 m 2), and an empty weight of 500 pounds or more. The aircraft must also have fixed landing gear, and a fixed pitch propeller. Racers compete in a 3.19-mile (5.13 km) Oval course. [3] Several aircraft were capable of meeting the specifications for Formula One at its creation.
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]
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 ...
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.Entrants will design and build electric aircraft to take part in races, flying in groups of 8 around a 5 km oval course marked by 'pylons' at speeds in excess of 250 mph. [1] The series is backed by Airbus, who signed on as founding partner ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Formula One Air Racing: Wittman V-Witt: US: 1970: Formula V Air Racing: Wright Model R: US: 1910:
The Cassutt Special is a single-seat sport and racing aircraft designed in the United States in 1951 for Formula One air races. Designed by ex- TWA captain Tom Cassutt, it is a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
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.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Ford National Reliability Air Tour; Formula One Air Racing; Formula V Air Racing; FPV Canada; G.