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events tabulated a perfect safety record with nearly 600,000 miles raced, over 3,200 safe landings at 81 different airports in 43 states and two countries in 25 events. With the help of hundreds of volunteers and over 250 different sponsors she awarded 26 Learn-to-Fly scholarships and reached an estimated 20 million people with a positive message about
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The races included a variety of events, including cross-country races originating in
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National Air Races were run by U.S. Air Race, Inc. from 1995–2007. The company was founded by famed World Race Gold
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as a young boy. Other races included in the U.S. National Air Races were the
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won the light Class C (engines with 275–510 cubic inches (4,510–8,360 cm)). This was also the year for the first female pylon race, the winner of which was awarded the Aerol Trophy beginning in 1931.
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since 1920. The science of aviation, and the speed and reliability of aircraft and engines grew rapidly during this period; the
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