9
Apr
Registration has officially closed!
The excitement is building! The 2013 ARC racers are getting ready for the race event. This year we will compete against 48 teams for prizes —...
The excitement is building! The 2013 ARC racers are getting ready for the race event. This year we will compete against 48 teams for prizes —...
Victoria, Texas – Calhoun Air Center was awarded five world titles from Women Of Aviation Worldwide on Wednesday, April 4th. Flight School, Calhoun Air...
Love airplanes…love racing…? How about when you put the two together? Heels on Wheels Radio Show recently interviewed our team mate, Dianna!! “She has...
Longview, TX — LeTourneau University (LETU) student Whitney Brouwer, a senior flight science major from Raymond, Minn., was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the...
Port Lavaca, TX — The 2012 Air Race Classic (ARC) Champion, Dianna Stanger would like to formally congratulate Whitney Brouwer; she was awarded a...
Port Lavaca, TX — Being a pilot is much more than about having a passion for flight. True aviators and aviatrixes enjoy to utilize...
Women’s air racing all started in 1929 with the First Women’s Air Derby. Twenty pilots raced from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH, site of the National Air Races. Racing continued through the ‘30’s and was renewed again after WWII when the All Women’s Transcontinental Air Race (AWTAR), better known as the Powder Puff Derby, came into being. The AWTAR held its 30th, final and commemorative flight in 1977. When the AWTAR was discontinued, the Air Race Classic, Ltd., (ARC) stepped in to continue the tradition of transcontinental speed competition for women pilots and staged its premier race. The Air Race Classic was reincorporated in 2002 into the Air Race Classic, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.The pilots are thus given the leeway to play the elements, holding out for better weather, winds, etc. The objective is to fly the “perfect” cross-country. In this type of race, the official standings cannot be released until the final entrant has crossed the finish line. Actually, the last arrival can be the winner.
There is a spirit of camaraderie in spite of the keen competition, and the Air Race Classic proves a boon to aviation in general. At the same time, it gives the fliers the opportunity to hone their flying techniques. Many other people are drawn into the annual events through sponsorship, ground/air assistance, timing, officiating and as spectators.
Through out the years, the ARC has drawn entrants from overseas with racers coming from Canada, Germany, New Zealand, England, and Malaysia.