#racing plane

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"Ole Yeller" seen at the 2023 Reno Air Races

"Ole Yeller" still holds the prop-driven speed record for a coast-to-coast flight, set by Bob Hoover in 1985.

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F4U Corsair modified and painted for racing.

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“Flies Across Continent to Enter Air Derby,” Border Cities Star. August 18. 1931. Page 3. ----- USING a borrowed machine, formerly owned by John C. Webster, Montreal aviator killed recently in a plane crash, Miss Winnifred Spooner, famous British aviatrix, arrived here today from Toronto on the second leg of a flight to Santa Monica, Cal., where she hopes to compete in the Women’s Aerial Derby to Cleveland, O. In the top photo she is shown checking her maps with Capt. Spars, Mrs. Sparks, and an airport employee are also seen gazing intently at the route which Miss Spooner has charted. Lower, Miss Spooner, flashing her famous smile.

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Aviation April races across the land, vying for the trophy and surely leading to multiple fatalities.

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John Maloney flying his highly modified Yakovlev Yak-3UR at the 2023 Reno Air Races

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A Replica Travel Air R type "Mystery Ship" racing plane flying at the 2014 Sywel Air Show

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Gee Bee R-1

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Lockheed Vega 5B