The Air Races held every September at Stead Airport north of Reno Nevada, featuring six classes of aircraft racing in heats of six or seven planes around a roughly oval course.
The event also includes military and civil aircraft demos and fly-bys, aerobatic performances, a large static aircraft display, and a variety of food, beverages, and aviation-related products from hundreds of vendors.
Attendance typically reaches about 200,000 visits during the four-and-a-half days of racing.
The event also includes military and civil aircraft demos and fly-bys, aerobatic performances, a large static aircraft display, and a variety of food, beverages, and aviation-related products from hundreds of vendors.
Attendance typically reaches about 200,000 visits during the four-and-a-half days of racing.
The National Championship Air Races and Air Show feature several classes of up to laps aircraft racing together for up to eight laps around a closed course demarcated by specially marked poles [pylons] at speeds exceeding 500 mph.
The event, held each September at Nevada's Reno Stead Field, also includes a large static aircraft display, aerobatic performances and flight demonstrations by military and civil aircraft, and related events.
For more information, visithttp://www.airrace.org/
The event, held each September at Nevada's Reno Stead Field, also includes a large static aircraft display, aerobatic performances and flight demonstrations by military and civil aircraft, and related events.
For more information, visithttp://www.airrace.org/
The National Championship Air Races and Air Show feature several classes of up to laps aircraft racing together for up to eight laps around a closed course demarcated by specially marked poles [pylons] at speeds exceeding 500 mph.
The event, held each September at Nevada's Reno Stead Field, also includes a large static aircraft display, aerobatic performances and flight demonstrations by military and civil aircraft, and related events.
For more information, visithttp://www.airrace.org/
The event, held each September at Nevada's Reno Stead Field, also includes a large static aircraft display, aerobatic performances and flight demonstrations by military and civil aircraft, and related events.
For more information, visithttp://www.airrace.org/
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