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National Championship Air Races and Air Show Air Races and Air Show, National ChampionshipSeptember, four days ending on second weekend after Labor DayThe National Championship Air Races and Air Show is a four-day nostalgia trip for air buffs, held since 1964 in Reno, Nev. About 95 to 100 aircraft are generally registered for the races, providing some 180,000 spectators with the sight and sound of piston-engine planes flying around closed-pylon race courses. The planes entered include such World War II planes as the powerful P-51 Mustang and the bent-wing Chance-Vought F2G Corsair; the eerie sound the Corsair made was called "whistling death" by the Japanese of World War II. The race is the only one in the world that covers all four classes: Unlimited (vintage and modified warbirds and homebuilt racers), AT-6 (World War II pilot trainers), Formula One (super-midget planes), and Biplane (double-winged barn stormers). Air shows of military demonstrations, parachuting exhibits, and military fly-bys are also some of the events.
CONTACTS:
Reno Air Racing Association
14501 Mt. Anderson St.
Reno, NV 89505
775-972-6663; fax: 775-972-6429
www.airrace.org
SOURCES:
GdUSFest-1984, p. 115
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