This is the history of air racing from its beginnings in 1909 at Reims, France, to the end of the 2008 racing season at Reno, Nevada. The history of air racing is very much the history of aviation, with glamorous pilots, some of military fame (e.g., Jimmy Doolittle), and builders (e.g., Glenn Curtiss), machines that captivated the national imagination, and many relatively unknown tinkerers and designers.
This is the history of air racing from its beginnings in 1909 at Reims, France, to the end of the 2008 racing season at Reno, Nevada. The history of air racing is very much the history of aviation, with glamorous pilots, some of military fame (e.g., Jimmy Doolittle), and builders (e.g., Glenn Curtiss), machines that captivated the national imagination, and many relatively unknown tinkerers and designers.
Don Berliner is the author of several air racing books and has written more than 300 magazine articles. He is the editor of Golden Pylons, the newsletter of the Society of Air Racing Historians and has officiated at air races in the United States, England, and France. He lives in Wyoming, Michigan.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Section One: Before World War I 1. The First Race at Reims 2. Overly Ambitious European Cross-Country Races 3. Weekly Handicap Races in England 4. The 1909-1913 Gordon Bennett Cup and Speed Records 5. The 1913-1914 Schneider Cup for Seaplanes Section Two: Between the Wars 6. The Last Gordon Bennett Race, 1920 7. Streamlining and Power Light Up the 1919-1923 Schneider Cup Series 8. The 1920-1925 Pulitzer Trophy Races Stimulate American Military Racer Development 9. The 1922-1929 Kings Cup Races: Jolly Competition in a Garden Party Setting 10. The 1927 Dole Race Disaster: On to Hawaii and into the Pacific 11. The 1925-1928 Military-Oriented U.S. National Air Races 12. The 1929 U.S. National Air Races and the Thompson Trophy Race 13. The 1925-1931 Schneider Cup Races: Rampant Nationalism 14. The 1930-1934 National Air Races: GeeBees and Wedell Williams 15. The 1934 MacRobertson Race: The World's Greatest Air Race? 16. The 1933-1936 Coupe Deutsch de la Muerthe and the Sleek Caudrons 17. British Racing of the 1930s 18. The 1935-1939 U.S. National Air Races: Dwindling Participation Section Three: Post-World War II 19. The 1946-1949 Cleveland National Air Races 20. The 1950-1960 Period: Midget Racing Keeps the Sport Alive Section Four: The Reno Air Races Era 21. 1964: The National Air Races Return in the Desert 22. The 1960s 23. The 1970s 24. The 1980s 25. The 1990s 26. The 2000s 27. Formula One Invades Europe 28. Short-Lived and Minor Classes Summary and Outlook Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Section One: Before World War I 1. The First Race at Reims 2. Overly Ambitious European Cross-Country Races 3. Weekly Handicap Races in England 4. The 1909-1913 Gordon Bennett Cup and Speed Records 5. The 1913-1914 Schneider Cup for Seaplanes Section Two: Between the Wars 6. The Last Gordon Bennett Race, 1920 7. Streamlining and Power Light Up the 1919-1923 Schneider Cup Series 8. The 1920-1925 Pulitzer Trophy Races Stimulate American Military Racer Development 9. The 1922-1929 Kings Cup Races: Jolly Competition in a Garden Party Setting 10. The 1927 Dole Race Disaster: On to Hawaii and into the Pacific 11. The 1925-1928 Military-Oriented U.S. National Air Races 12. The 1929 U.S. National Air Races and the Thompson Trophy Race 13. The 1925-1931 Schneider Cup Races: Rampant Nationalism 14. The 1930-1934 National Air Races: GeeBees and Wedell Williams 15. The 1934 MacRobertson Race: The World's Greatest Air Race? 16. The 1933-1936 Coupe Deutsch de la Muerthe and the Sleek Caudrons 17. British Racing of the 1930s 18. The 1935-1939 U.S. National Air Races: Dwindling Participation Section Three: Post-World War II 19. The 1946-1949 Cleveland National Air Races 20. The 1950-1960 Period: Midget Racing Keeps the Sport Alive Section Four: The Reno Air Races Era 21. 1964: The National Air Races Return in the Desert 22. The 1960s 23. The 1970s 24. The 1980s 25. The 1990s 26. The 2000s 27. Formula One Invades Europe 28. Short-Lived and Minor Classes Summary and Outlook Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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