Reno Air Races (Electronic book text)

This title explores the history of The National Championship Air Races. Readers will meet important people in Reno Air Races history such as Bill Stead. Readers will learn the seven classes of planes and the rules for each course, from qualifying heats to flying through the course pylons. Famous pilots and planes such as Rod Lewis and the Champion Seafury #232, Chuck Greenhill and the Super Seafury "Furias," and Jimmy Leeward and the Galloping Ghost are covered. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.