ROSWELL, New Mexico (NEWS RELEASE) - Wednesday’s opening day of the first ever National Championship Air Races in Roswell was marked with a ribbon cutting and five classes of planes (STOL Drag, ...

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Fans of head-to-head airplane races at screaming speeds are traveling to unfamiliar skies as a premiere national competition debuts in New Mexico for the first time in its 60-year history. The ...

ROSWELL — The vast runways and landing strips stretch on like highways into the unmarked distance. Then the planes come thundering overhead in low arcs, coursing across the sky wing to wing at heady ...

The National Air Racing Competition is set to begin in Roswell, New Mexico, marking the first time in nearly 60 years that the event is held outside of Reno, Nevada. The competition, referred to by ...

ROSWELL, N.M. — Roswell’s first time hosting the National Championship Air Races came to somewhat of a rainy end over the weekend. Strong rainstorms forced organizers to ground all flights Saturday ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Begun in 1920, the National Air Races were an annual, week-long event including formation flying, parachute drops, aerobatic displays, and races.

1937 National Air Races at Cleveland Municipal Airport – Steve Wittmann’s big Thompson Trophy racer, Curtiss D12 engine 1st Pursuit Squadron and Army on parade at 1932 Cleveland National Air Races.

The dawn of competitive aviation sports can be traced back to May 23, 1909, when the first recorded air race took place at ...

Fans of head-to-head airplane races at screaming speeds are traveling to unfamiliar skies as a premiere national competition debuts in New Mexico for the first time in its 60-year history. The ...