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Empowering Women through air racing

March 6, 2024



Air Race Classic Route for 2024 Race

March 2, 2024



Registration Open for 2024 Air Race Classic

January 26, 2024
December 26, 2023 Registration opens January 2, 2024, for the 47th Air Race Classic (ARC) to be held June 18-21, 2024. Women pilots from across the United States and around the world will take off Tuesday, June 18, from Southern Illinois Airport in Carbondale, Illinois, for a 2,628-statute mile competition across 11 states that ends Friday, June 21, at Northern Colorado Regional Airport in Loveland, Colorado. The oldest race of its kind in the nation, the Air Race Classic traces its roots to the 1929 Women's Air Derby, aka the Powder Puff Derby, in which Amelia Earhart and 19 other daring female pilots raced from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio. This year's ARC celebrates the 95th anniversary of that historic competition, which marked the beginning of women's air racing in the United States. Today, the ARC is the epicenter of women's air racing, the ultimate test of piloting skill and aviation decision-making for female pilots of all ages and from all walks of life. ...



Listen to North Dakota's Prairie Public Radio - Main Street interview Gretchen Jahn and Elizabeth Bjerke at the 2023 Grand Forks start

October 20, 2023



Registration for the 3rd Annual ARC Air Derby Underway

August 18, 2023
Are you ready for a challenge? Check out the ARC Air Derby! https://www.flyingmag.com/ registration-for-the-3rd-annual-arc-air-derby-underway/ 

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