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Articles related to "Air Races"
Check Out Reno National Championship Air Races Fast planes, aerobatics, static displays, military aircraft, and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flight team all converge on Northern Nevada in September. reno air races • reno entertainment • reno air show • national championship air races • stead airport
Pilot Deaths And Air Shows Are air races and air shows in American dangerous? Are they getting more dangerous? If so, why have them at all? pilot death • air show • safe • air races • america
Reno, Nevada Special Summer Events The Biggest Little City in the World offers some of the best festivals in the Western United States featuring vintage cars, aircraft races, rodeo cowboys and much more. reno river festival • reno rodeo • artown • nevada state fair • great reno balloon race
Watch Reno National Air Races Sept. 10-14 September's Reno National Championship Air Races bring pilots and spectators from around the world to Formula One, T-6, Sport, Biplane, Jet and Unlimited Class contests. reno national championship air races • reno stead field • formula-one class airplanes • t-6 airplanes • canadian snowbirds
Colonel Roscoe Turner From the days of the Barnstorming Era, there emerged perhaps the greatest combination daredevil, racing, showman pilot that ever lived colonel roscoe turner • america • showman pilot • barnstorming era • daredevil pilot
Jennifer Murray, Helicopter Polar Record Breaker Jennifer Murray has twice flown round the world in an R44 helicopter, and completed the first ever rotary flight round the world via the North & South Poles. jennifer murray • helicopter world record • rotary record breaker • first woman round world in helicopter • first flight round world via both poles
What to do...what to do? Whether you're looking for entertainment, art, culture exhibits or just <i>anything</i> that'll get you out of the house, from now until the end of the year you'll find events galore throughout Northern Nevada. nevada • events • art • music • entertainment
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: The World's Oldest Airline Read the colorful history of the world's oldest airline currently flying. At one time this was an "airline without a country." Also reveals what KLM stands for. klm royal dutch airlines • dutch • queen wilhelmina • albert plesman • amsterdam
Amy Johnson, Pioneer UK Aviatrix 1930s female British pilot who became a celebrity, Amy Johnson broke several long- distance flying records, then ferried aircraft in World War II, eventually drowning. amy johnson • record breaking aviatrix • first woman to fly from uk to australia • wife of jim mollison • amy johnson gypsy moth jason
Lake in the Sky Airshow at Tahoe Not as well known as it's Reno neighbor, the Reno Air Races, the Lake in the Sky Airshow offers some great entertainment in its own right. lake tahoe airshow • lake in the sky • south lake tahoe • military aircraft • aerobatics
The P-51 Mustang In 1944 the P-51 Mustang changed the war! Nothing the Nazi's could put in the sky could stop it! Fast, accurate and agile the Mustang racked havoc on the Luftwaffe. p-51 mustang • world war ii • luftwaffe • flying fortress • war birds
Samuel Franklin Cody In 1908, "Colonel Cody" made Britain's first powered air flight in a plane designed for the British Army. samuel franklin cody • colonel cody • british army aeroplane no 1 • baa no 1 • first british flight |
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