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For over a decade now, volunteers at the San Diego Air & Space Museum have been building a reproduction of Howard Hughes’ H-1 Racer, also known as the Hughes 1B. 

Americans with disabilities have made history flying almost since the airplane was invented.

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This past September, the National Championship Air Races took a final lap in the Reno, Nevada venue.

The National Championship Air Races ends it run in Reno, NV.

When an aerobatic pilot wanted to fly right up to the limit, she chose an aircraft that proved to be a model of instability 

The first air races, meets, and flight exhibitions kicked off a wave of public enthusiasm for aviation that circled the globe.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a...lion?

After a shaky start, the Nemesis NXT air racer comes out on top. 

For many years, three-time Female Aerobatic Champion Betty Skelton was known as the “First Lady of Firsts.” The Florida native earned her nickname the hard way, whether as the International Female Aerobatic Champion, flying at 8,839 meters (29,000 feet), or traveling at speeds greater than 486 kph (300 mph) in a jet-powered car. In the process of setting 17 aviation and race car records, she also paved the way for women to enjoy equal opportunities in aviation, sports, and business.