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Air Racing: Tick-Tick-Tick, Jeppesen and Celebrating Lives
This is air racing where it’s about the pilots. If you and your airplane are current, grab a friend and you can be racing in a mere three weeks. Yup, you could be standing up there holding the trophies if you fly the most perfect cross country. Go to www.us-airrace.org for the free entry kit. Remember that the races dovetail with the GTO ™ (Gateway to Oshkosh) Convention - Oshkosh the easy way. If you are short on time, choose the Hutchinson 300 Air Race or the Wisconsin 300 Air Race which only take a couple of days instead of a whole week. Tick-Tick-Tick. Celebrate the 4th of July by using your freedom to fly the most perfect cross country and have an explosively good time. Entries will be open until July 10.
Teams from California to Florida and Texas to Wisconsin will be flying to that beautiful city on the shores of the river that stretches a third of the continent from the Rocky Mountains to the mighty Mississippi – that’s Hutchinson, Kansas on the Arkansas River. The city of Hutchinson just loves its airport and it is the Airport Authority, Wells Aircraft FBO, the Convention and Visitors Bureau and volunteers that are hosting the start of the three National Air Races in 2006: the Hutchinson 300 Air Race, the prestigious Marion Jayne Air Race and the Wisconsin 300 Air Race. They will be welcoming racers with a couple of hundred hours to those with tens of thousands of hours. Half the teams are flying their first race. Some are flying for enjoyment and some are gunning for the top trophies. Join us for the fun, the challenge, the scenery and the camaraderie. The competitions will begin with the reception at the fabulous Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Museum and the ‘Cain’t Say No’
challenge.
Jeppesen is helping to sponsor the races. They’ve donated flight planning supplies and awards. The National Air Races use the Jeppesen FlightStar program to construct its routes and facilitate scoring, timing and managing the races with the technology-based Logger systems. Each of three new full IFR Jeppesen NavSuite subscriptions will be given to the winners of the three air races. U.S. Air Race, Inc. will award over $25,000 in cash, trophies and prizes.
In the past few days I was privileged to join others in the closing Celebration of Life services for two of our past supporters: Marian Koehler and Don Hawkins. Marian was that bright beam of light and merriment that joined Stan Koehler in his flying pursuits. As the passenger in charge of fun, she found Fifi, the inflatable flying friend and brought her along in The Recreational Rocket for Stan’s 70th birthday. As a former Advisory Board member she put together some of our early scrapbooks. She left a marvelous legacy of family and has gone away to ‘dance with Stan’ once again. Now Don Hawkins was a pilot, aviation businessman and fan of Marion Jayne. He flew with her and supported her endeavors including the two around the world races. He acted as the Stop Boss for Atchison, Kansas for one of the races. He leaves behind his wife, Carol and a long list of happy customers. While the deaths were age-appropriate vs aviation-accident oriented and there is so much to celebrate a
bout their lives, I will still miss them until I join them where the skies are always blue and the tailwinds are always going my way. My next flight will be flown in their honor.
Here is a reprise of the details from the previous newsletters.
06/01/06 Air Racing: Jeopardy Music, More Entries, Cushy Sponsor and Helping the ARC
We’ve all been trained that when we hear the Final Jeopardy theme music, we need to make a decision quickly or risk losing money and the bragging rights that go with winning that competition. Well, in the world of air racing that music is playing as the time for entering is growing short and if you don’t make a decision to enter soon, you risk losing the opportunity to be a part of the most fun flying events this year, great prizes, some cash and yes, the all-important bragging rights. Oh, and did I mention the part about making new friends or seeing your flying buddies? Plus, the flying will be great too! In a mere 45 days the skies in Hutchinson, Kansas will buzz with excitement as the planes and pilots for the Hutchinson 300 and Marion Jayne Air Races gather for the competitions. Pull down the entry kit from www.us-airrace.org now. It’s easy to enter and your Certificate of Insurance can be sent later.
Entries will be limited by the number of GPS loggers we have. The loggers provide the timing and tracks of each race team. We are ordering more based on the folks who have told us they are entering however, if teams keep entering, we can run out. The airplane stops when it runs out of fuel and we will stop accepting entries when we run out of loggers. We have a bunch of new entries: Race 74 Duncan and Carolyn will be in their Swearingen SX300, Race 30 Robert and Sarah will be in Robert’s Twin Comanche, Race 7 is returning Texas 200 winners Dennis and Jeanette Hackler in their Arrow and Race 3 2005 Marion Jayne Perpetual Trophy winner Marv Guthrie returns with his Bonanza and frequent co-pilot and top racer, Cheryl Finke.
Our new cushy sponsor is Oregon Aero at www.OregonAero.com and I can vouch for the excellence of their seat cushions as they sponsored us in the 1994 Round the World Race where we sat on their cushions for 9 to 11 hours at a time. They are providing awards of seat cushions and headset upgrades. We welcome their support.
Later this month our Vice President Pat Purcell and Director Jill Williams have volunteered to help the organizers of the Air Race Classic by staffing one of the Texas race stops. Just as Marion Jayne founded this air race company, she was also one of seven who founded this women-only competition. In Jayne’s lifetime she won the event four times: twice with her Twin Comanche and twice with a borrowed Civil Air Patrol 172. While the races are similar, in contrast to the U.S. Air Race individual aircraft handicaps, the Air Race Classic continues to use modified make and model handicaps. Race 7’s co-pilot Jeanette Hackler will be flying Pilot in Command for this event. We wish all participants a safe race.
5/10/06 Air Racing: GTO™ Gateway To Oshkosh, More Entries and 2007 Start Sponsor
The GTO ™ Gateway To Oshkosh Convention run by Jones Publishing is shaping up to be even more fun than last year. Since our National Air Races will dovetail with this excellent event, the races and the convention are the best excuses I know to have fun flying to Wisconsin and enjoy visiting EAA’s AirVenture at Oshkosh via the GTO transportation. It is sooo easy and very low stress to see Oshkosh this way. Final arrangements are being made and schedules are printed. You know you want to come, so pull down that free entry kit from www.us-airrace.oirg and get the airplane ready to fly.
The veterans and the rookie race teams are lining up for the flying extravaganza. Returning winners of Ed Hutson and Larry Chubb will be racing Ed’s 172 again. I remember Ed won his rookie race and commented that ‘I learned more about my airplane with this race than I did in the previous 8 years of ownership’. He didn’t comment on the fun but his smile says it all at http://www.us-airrace.org/pastwinners_2.pdf. It was Larry Chubb that got Ed racing in the first place as they shared the hangar aisle and Larry kept telling Ed how much fun it was. The photo at http://www.us-airrace.org/2003_results.pdf will show you how excited Maisie Stears was to win the Renaissance 300 Air Race. She’ll be racing her Geronimo, nicknamed Sweet Potato with a yet to be named copilot. Maisie also arranged for her company Krump Pump and Equipment to help sponsor the races with a nice check. Thank you Maisie.
Rookie race team of Don and Pat Eisenberg from southern California will fit right in with the veterans as Don has more experience at life than any of the racers I know about. He and his wife, Pat have flown all over the country and will be joining all three National Air Races for the first time in a Cessna 182 as Race #11.
We’re excited to begin our plans for 2007 with the Wichita Airport Authority providing the Start location Top Gun sponsorship. This hub of aviation may have the highest density of airports per square mile in the nation. We’ll be using the Jabara airport as the launch pad for the Wichita 300 Air Race and the 1800-mile Marion Jayne Air Race. It is quite enjoyable to think about where we’ll be flying next year. We will be racing the same week, so keep that third week of July open for fabulous flying fun.
4/25/06 Air Racing: $50 discount, Fun entries, Rule changes for transponders, Glass cockpits and New Chief Scorer
Warning, warning – only five days left. Entries postmarked on or before April 30, will still get the early entry discount ranging from $25 to $50. Remember that entries are accepted without the Certificate of Insurance. As long as that document is received before the events, you are good to go racing. The free entry kit is at www.us-airrace.org.
We are getting lots of fun entries. Rookie team Race 1 is Missouri software engineer Lori with her 425 hours as pilot and Donn, industrial hygienist with his 1250 hours as copilot in a Diamond Star. The Texas Race 13 team of Bob and Carol, 2003 Marion Jayne Perpetual Trophy winners, are back this year with a different plane, a 1994 Saratoga. These two are a very fun couple who refer to the plane as Ski Bunny Express. Bob will be leaving his beautiful new breezy at home. Carol also owns part of the 140 Cherokee that got Bob started racing when he and Mark (more about Mark in a minute) were rookies. As rookie racers, they beat all of the very experienced teams on the first leg of the Marion Jayne Air Race coming out of Fargo, ND. Mathew and Pam have entered as Race 54 again … as in ‘Race 54, Where are you?’ They have been to Hutchinson, Kansas before and are eager to visit again. We expect the New Jersey couple to laughingly (as in ‘with great humor and high spirits’) pursue t
heir perennial objective of ‘beating Arthur’. Arthur will enter soon as Race 29. We know several more entries are in process, so come join the fun!
We try to be as inclusive as possible and that has generated two rule changes. A Cessna 140 owner wants to enter the Hutchison 300 Air Race but the plane does not have a transponder so we changed the rules so that safety and the ability to find the team, should there be a problem, is not compromised. Teams with an aircraft without a transponder may race the 300 mile races as long as they have a PLB, Personal Locator Beacon on board.
Glass cockpits presented a challenge on how to obscure the navigational pieces displayed for the 300-mile pilotage-only race without damaging the film covering the glass by using decals. After speaking with Garmin, we developed the following approach. Teams with glass cockpits will create a custom template using a manila folder or similar material so that appropriate non-navigational information is shown but nav aids are not. The template will be taped over the glass panels without touching the glass with quick release tape. This approach will supplant the decals for the renaissance rules. The key in all cases is that should navigation aids be needed for safety reasons, they are immediately available to the team by removing the covering.
Here is the more about Mark part I promised above. Mark Caputo is really the one responsible for getting Bob racing as he was the high bidder on a donated air race entry auctioned off at his child’s school. Now Mark is not yet a pilot but he does own the other half of the Cherokee 140 with Carol. Mark has volunteered his time and computer expertise to be our Chief Scorer this year. If all goes according to plan, he will be doing a very long dual cross country with Jill Williams as his instructor … all student pilots should have so much fun on a long cross country … oh the scenery he will see!
4/15/06 Air Racing: IRS, Low Fat, Zero Carbs and Orr sponsorship
It is the weekend everyone dreads if they haven’t already calculated the impact of the IRS on their life. My husband and I once painted our entire living and dining rooms as a procrastination tactic before tax preparation. The next year we outsourced the final preparation but we still have to gather everything. Ugh. So today, they got mailed. Yea! The purpose of this email is to bring a little levity to this weekend and remind us that after the IRS is paid, we can pay ourselves with a good time flying. In a mere 91 days the 2006 National Air Races will convene. Where will you be when the fun starts? If you would like a quick procrastination tactic of your own, go to the web site (www.us-airrace.org) and download the entry kit and use that as your carrot to complete the taxes, and then enter one or more air races. If you can’t make it this year, since this is an all volunteer company, tax deductible charitable donations are welcome for Learn-To-Fly Scholarships or raffle ticke
ts for same. Details are on the web site.
I want to mention that this is low fat fun. In fact, regardless of what I eat, air racing is usually good for a one week weight loss of five pounds. It must be all the adrenaline pumping that blasts through the fat … and mind you, I’m just watching the fun. When I did the world race I lost even more at a rate of a pound a day for 24 days and so did everyone else. Of course there are zero carbohydrates in air racing ... so what’s not to like?
Everyone along the route is gearing up for your arrival. The city of Orr, Minnesota – a town of 250 – is helping to sponsor the race and has an excellent brochure that is included with the Confirmation Kit. The race teams may only stop and top the tanks or spend one night but wow, this is a place that needs to be seen again – nature at its finest!
4/13/06 Air Racing: NAA endorses timing method, Cherokee 140 team to race, Returning Champions, HUT hosts Comanche Fly-in, Confirmation Kits available
We are excited to announce that the National Aeronautic Association (NAA at www.naa.aero) has endorsed the U.S. Air Race timing method as an approved process for record setting purposes. This means that any team that flies with us and desires to set speed records during the Marion Jayne Air Race will be able to apply for NAA recognition. The NAA is the record-keeper for United States aviation and has ties with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), a sister organization to the Olympics.
Wisconsin has their first race team entry with Wanda Zuege and John Thompson (Race 2) of Am I High Aviation (wwwamihighaviation.com) racing the venerable Cherokee 140. I must share that Wanda did laugh/giggle at the thought of calling a Cherokee 140 a race plane however she realized that because the National Air Races is ‘Air Racing: Where it’s all about the pilots’, she and John have a chance at some bragging rights. In the Hutchinson 300 they will have quite an advantage with their speed and radius of turn. Wanda and John will race two of the three National Air Races as they will also be running the Ground School during the GTO (Gateway To Oshkosh) Convention. Their accelerated ground school has a 100% pass record.
Of course, Wanda and John will have to contend with returning Champions Shelby Bowles and Jim Reed (Race 41). This team exemplifies the spirit of race teams. In 2003 they had a surprisingly poor showing in the first of the three National Air Races. When I say poor, I mean they placed last in the California 300. Ever the competitors, they chugged on along in the Marion Jayne Air Race which was 7 legs and 2100 miles that year. The Cessna 337 Skymaster team didn’t win the first leg to Arizona or the second leg to New Mexico but they kept on coming. By the time they finished at the Cleveland National Air Show, they’d won their division of the Marion Jayne Race. The final challenge was the Cleveland 300 pilotage only race and they took first place to shoot them into Champion status for the combined three events. And along the way they helped one of their key competitors by hand-propping a Tiger when its starter failed. Come meet Shelby the Marine turned financial planner and Jim,
the engineer turned air show pilot. They have bushels of hangar flying stories to share. Oh, almost forgot to mention that these two are running a race in May. See www.crosscountryairrace.com for details.
Race start headquarters, Hutchinson, Kansas showed off its aviation hospitality at the March 31 – April 2 Comanche Fly-In. 65 people and 35 planes from 12 states enjoyed the Wells Aircraft services, Airport Steakhouse and Blue Duck Bistro cuisine while taking in a Comanche maintenance seminar and the fabulous Cosmosphere with a few sides trips for antique shopping thrown in for good measure. The Hutchinson Press covered the event with a photographer and reporter. This gem of a city managed to have perfect weather in the midst of tornado and storm season. We’ve asked the Chamber of Commerce to arrange for the same weather in July. They said they’d put in the request.
3/10/06 Air Racing: Father-Son team enters, Popular Questions and Great Press
One of the neatest things about running an air race is seeing the passion for flight passed from generation to generation or friend to friend. Air racing is what cemented the already good relationship my mother, Marion Jayne, and I had – after all, it is soooo hard to argue when your shoulders are but a few inches apart. Also, it was really fun to tease her and say that as the navigator, I told my mother where to go on a regular basis and she did it! (It is a good thing I was right otherwise my air race days would have been a very small number). In 2006 Race #31 will be the father-son team of Glenn and Grant who will be flying the family 2003 AG5B Tiger with us for the first time. We are thrilled they will join all the fun of the Marion Jayne Air Race. The team comes from Indiana and they had the two most popular questions.
1. What are the license requirements for the co-pilot? None. A second person is required to be able to spot a plane and alert the pilot. Multiple crew members are encouraged as it is fun to share the experience and the belly waxing responsibilities. Handicapping is done with all crew on board.
2. What if your insurance company declines to name the air race as additionally insured? Call us and let us know. Since insurance companies have helped sponsor the race, this has always been just a matter of education.
We have great press to report again. The air race is the cover story for the Fly-Low publication which shipped about 70,000 copies this month and covered all 50 states. The story is just part one of the planned coverage. Ralph McCormick has published this gem for six years now and has a very loyal base of readers and advertisers. Look for it at your airport or log onto their web site at www.fly-low.com and you’ll see our entry kit duplicated there. We appreciate Ralph and his team’s support.
Check out the latest issues of Cessna Owner Organization Magazine and the Piper Owners Society magazine as they both highlight our competitions. We dovetail into their GTO ™ convention – see details below. We are excited at this new partnership that brings fun and benefits to race teams and racing opportunities to GTO attendees. Soon you’ll hear about the joint arrangements in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
2/15/06 Air Racing: Hutchinson, Kansas Start, GTO(™) Finish and Race Team 8 is Great
The Hutchinson Airport Advisory Board and the City of Hutchinson, Kansas are hosting the start festivities for the Marion Jayne Air Race and the Hutchinson 300 Air Race. Let me tell you a bit about this fabulous city that loves its airport. I first visited this central Kansas city in 1997 when it was a stop on our race. I was greeted with warm cookies from the Wells Aircraft FBO and a City of Hutchinson ceramic mug. There is an immediate feeling of welcome comfort here. Everything from the Arkansas River that started in the Rocky Mountains and passes through the city center and runs parallel to the vintage Avenue A boulevard of large Victorian homes to the how-the-race-to-space-unfolded Smithsonian quality exhibits shown in the stunning Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Museum. The Museum holds a mounted SR-71, the Endeavor space shuttle, the Apollo 13 Command module, an IMAX theater, Dr Goddard’s Lab, a café, shop and more. Wells Aircraft is sponsoring the trophies for the Hutch
inson 300. By the way 60 kt tailwinds were recorded during the 1999 race here. Check them out at www.hutchchamber.com
If that isn’t enough to pique your interest, they have an excellent steak house in the airport terminal building, a water park in the hotel in which we’ll be staying and the new Salt Mine attraction is due to open soon. Shopper Alert – there is an antique district downtown and a unique Amish community about 20 minutes southeast of town. Those folks that come to our events will likely follow me in returning to Hutchinson again and again. We’ll talk about the intermediary stops on the 1800-mile Marion Jayne route in coming newsletters.
The finish for the Marion Jayne Air Race is at the Gateway to Oshkosh, GTO(TM) Convention and Fly-in operated by Jones Publishing – the folks who bring you the Cessna Owner Organization and Piper Owners Society monthly magazines. Their Convention and Fly-in has seminars, fun food gatherings, ground schools and very comfortable transportation to and from EAA’s AirVenture event at Oshkosh for the opening three days. When we lived in Illinois, we used to go to Oshkosh all the time. It was a great experience flying in but I still remember taxiing for 45 minutes to a parking space and then pulling the plane down the taxiway as we were the umpty-umpth plane in line for departure – that light Twin Comanche got heavy. The bus rides sound like we get all the fun without so much of the work. I’m all for that.
Our theme this year is "Air Racing: Where it’s all about the Pilots". Race Team ‘8 is great’ is competing again this year. Last year the Texas married folk of AnnElise and Bobby Bennett nearly took the top award in their rookie race efforts in their personally renovated 172. Now they are addicted. Bobby had been a pilot for years when he challenged AnnElise with “If you learn to fly, I’ll buy you an airplane”. She did and he did so the rest is happy flying history. It was AnnElise’s turn to excite Bobby with this whole idea of air racing. They are a relaxed fun couple on the ground and keen competitors in the air. They are looking forward to seeing their new friends from last year.
1/20/06 Air Racing: Tailwinds, First Entry, Press and Sponsors
Where is an air race when you need one? Today I had 55 kt tailwinds at 3,000’ in the DFW area. Too bad I was only exercising the engines and pilot skills and had to return with the corresponding headwinds. The racing juices were flowing as I certainly did enjoy watching the GPS speeds for part of the flight!
I am happy to announce the first entry for all three of the 2006 races is Mike Jones from Fullerton, CA. Mike and his yet to be named co-pilot will be flying Mike’s Glasair lll as Race #10. This is the same number he uses when he competes in the Reno Air Races. Even though this is the first time Mike will race our events, with his credentials, I expect him to have fun and take home some hardware. There are another 11 teams in the process of entering and they fly 172s to Barons. The entry kit is posted on the web site at http://www.us-airrace.org/entrykit.html. With folks like Mike you can see why our theme this year is "Air Racing: Where it’s all about the Pilots". OK, there are gorgeous airplanes too and fabulous scenery and … well, you get the idea.
Arthur T. Mott Realty is again a Gold Sponsor for the John Dawson Division of the Marion Jayne Air Race as well as funding the Arthur T. Mott Library of Loggers. This technology will be in each aircraft and improves timing and scoring. Arthur’s perennial sponsorship is a generous tribute to his love of racing. By the way, we are looking for a pair of folks with Excel knowledge, a laptop with lots of memory and storage, an airplane and IFR capability to fly along and score the races so if you are interested, let me know.
Mac S. Speed of Electronics International, Inc. is a Silver Sponsor for the first time so look for the hot link to his web site under the sponsor tab at www.us-airrace.org or go directly their now at www.buy-ei.com.
12/31/05 Oshkosh Made Easy
Happy almost New Year. Our entry kit is posted on the web site http://www.us-airrace.org/entrykit.html just in time to start off 2006 right. You did make a resolution to fly more, didn’t you? This is your invitation to join us for the U.S. Air Race 2006 events. Our theme this year is "Air Racing: Where it’s all about the Pilots". OK, there are gorgeous airplanes too and fabulous scenery and … well, you get the idea. We have a lot of fun and this year, we could call this Oshkosh made easy as well. Here is why.
The Cessna Owners Organization and the Pipers Owners Society (in alphabetical order) have a Convention and Fly-in that dovetails with EAA’s AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The race teams will arrive in time to enjoy that event and take advantage of their excellent and easy transportation to AirVenture. So if you were planning on going to Oshkosh anyway, here is a great chance to have a huge amount of fun in getting there. By the way, we have been assured that pilots of all aircraft types will be welcome. Beech Bonanza owner and 2005 Marion Jayne Perpetual Trophy winner, Marv Guthrie, plans to join the fun.
We hope that you'll join with us too and enjoy the fabulous camaraderie that develops with shared flying adventures. You can fly one, two or all three of our races: the exciting cross country 1800-mile Marion Jayne Air Race from Hutchinson, Kansas to Wisconsin, the Hutchinson 300-mile Air Race in Kansas and/or the Wisconsin 300-mile Air Race in Wisconsin. A cruise at your own speed division is also available. These fabulous flying events will be held July 16-23, 2006. Participants will receive custom trophies, cash, completion plaques, prizes and the all-important bragging rights.
Teams may compete in cruise or speed divisions in the 1800-mile Marion Jayne Air Race. Custom divisions (such as, turbo or all RVs) are possible for five or more teams. The events are open to all qualified pilots and planes. Flying will be done under Federal Aviation Regulations in daylight, VFR conditions of 1000’ and 3 miles or better. Race planes are individually handicapped which makes each event a test of flying skills. Our goals are to promote the sport of General Aviation and the events’ proceeds will benefit aviation endeavors. As always, participants have the opportunity to dedicate an aviation scholarship. Scholarships will be distributed evenly among men and women and awarded by drawings in Kansas and Wisconsin.
We are excited to bring you a projected route abounding in scenic splendor and clear of nearly all special use air space. The route begins in Hutchinson located in the middle of Kansas on the Arkansas River. You’ll follow the river valley towards the eastern plains of Colorado and then fly north in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains to the scenic Badlands and the edge of the Black Hills in South Dakota’s Rapid City where teams may remain overnight and see the fabulous evening Mt Rushmore presentation. Then it is off to Montana and the Missouri River. Turning east, you’ll follow the Missouri River a bit until it is joined by the Yellowstone River to create beautiful Lake Sakakawea. Still heading east, you’ll cross North Dakota and Minnesota just south of the boundary waters and then turn southeast and fly just over the tip of lake Superior and finish in mid-Wisconsin. As in the past, legs are about 300 sm and with an easy two-legs-a-day strategy, you’ll land in time for all th
e fun on the ground. The free entry kit is at www.us-airrace.org and has more details.
The renaissance-style 300-mile races are where pilotage and precise flying reign supreme as teams compete with only a compass and sectional charts for navigational aids across a mystery route. The Marion Jayne Air Race is where the full panel is used with weather and aircraft knowledge being added to the competitive equation. After 3 days and 1800 miles of cross country flying, teams will be honored awards. The results of the three national races will be combined to determine the winner of the stunning Marion Jayne Perpetual Trophy.
The U.S. Air Race, Inc. was founded by famed race pilot Marion Jayne. Jayne is the only U.S. pilot to have raced twice around the world. She placed second in the 1992 race and won the FAI Gold Medal in 1994. Marion has been honored as one of the century's 100 Aviation Heroes along with the Wrights, John Glenn, Eileen Collins and others at the 2003 Centennial Celebration. Her personal success, her two races around the world, her life before flying were cited as well as her entrepreneurial spirit in founding 4 air races - three of which are still run annually. The 2006 National Air Races honor her memory and contributions.
Our ‘Safe, Fair and Fun’ catch phrase was coined at the 1995 inaugural event and characterizes how we work together as organizers and participants to have successful flights. Our teams have flown over 480,145 miles with a perfect safety record. For first-time participants a special briefing is held and new teams are given an experienced event buddy to make their rookie experience goes smoothly. Come join us for the fun flying, the camaraderie, the cruising and/or the competition. You’ll have hangar flying stories for years to come!
Wishing you Blue Skies and Tailwinds,
Pat
Patricia Jayne (Pat) Keefer
President, U.S. Air Race, Inc.
National Air Races and Air Cruise
www.us-airrace.org

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