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Air Races and Air Show, National Championship

September, four days ending on second weekend after Labor Day

The 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

Celebration days:
2011: Sep 8 - Sep 11
2012: Sep 13 - Sep 16
2013: Sep 12 - Sep 15
2014: Sep 11 - Sep 14
2015: Sep 10 - Sep 13

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No references found	To date the venues approved by the FAA for the Rocket Racers include: National Championship Air Races and Air Show, Reno, Nevada; Miramar Air Show, San Diego, California; Las Cruces International Airport, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Aviation Nation, Las Vegas, Nevada; Sebring U. Rocket Racing League Marks Historic Milestone in Earning Experimental ... by PR Newswire com RENO Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show Planes race wing to wing at 500 mph. Best air shows by Peterson, Abigail / Sunset	National Audubon Society National Author's Day National Aviation Heritage Area National Ballet of Canada national bank National Bank of Cuba National Bank of Yugoslavia National Banks National Basketball Association National Basque Festival National Battlefield Parks National Battlefields National Bible Week National Bilby Day National Bison Range National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference National Book Award National Broadcasting Company National Building Code National Bureau of Standards National Capital Parks National Caves Association National Center National Center for Recreation & Conservation National Center for Supercomputing Applications National Championship Air Races and Air Show National Championship Chuckwagon Races national characters National Charter Association National Cherry Blossom Festival National Cherry Festival National City National Coal Heritage Area National Collegiate Athletic Association National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States National Committee National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia National Confederation of Labor National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers National Convention National Council National Council of the Churches of Christ National Cowboy Poetry Gathering National Cristina Foundation National Curriculum National Czech Festival National Database Language National Debt National Defense Education Act National Democratic Party of Poland National Democratic Revolution in Algeria	National Certified Insurance & Coding Specialist National Certified Master Groomer National Certified Medical Assistant National Certified Medical Office Assistant National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau National Certified School Counselor National Certified School Nurse National Certified School Psychologist National Certifying Commission of Costa Rica National Cervical Cancer Coalition National Cervical Cancer Public Education Campaign National Cervical Screening Programme National Cesky Terrier Club of America National CFIDS Foundation National Chamber Foundation National Chamber Litigation Center National Chamber of Agriculture National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Brunei Darussalam National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka National Chamber of Electrical Engineering in Bulgaria NAtional CHamber of Industries and Commerce National Chamber Orchestra National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia National Championship Air Races and Air Show National Championship Chuckwagon Races National Championship of College A Cappella National Championship of High School A Cappella National Championship Racing Association National Championship Stock Car Circuit National Championship Wrestling National Championships National Change Of Address National Change of Address Linkage System National Change of Address Service National Changing Diabetes Program National Chaplains' Association for Youth at Risk National Character and Leadership Symposium National Character Large Object National Character of Aircraft National Character of Geometric Abstraction National Characteristics national characters National Chargebacks Management Group National Charities Information Bureau National Charities Lottery Board National Charity League National Charter Association National Charter School Research Project

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To date the venues approved by the FAA for the Rocket Racers include: National Championship Air Races and Air Show, Reno, Nevada; Miramar Air Show, San Diego, California; Las Cruces International Airport, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Aviation Nation, Las Vegas, Nevada; Sebring U.

Rocket Racing League Marks Historic Milestone in Earning Experimental ... by PR Newswire

com RENO Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show Planes race wing to wing at 500 mph.

Best air shows by Peterson, Abigail / Sunset

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