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Air Race History: FORMULA ONE AIR RACING IN EUROPE

lodger post: by don berliner, the society of air racing historianspylon racing with technique bromide airplanes has been a staple of the european aviation calendar for more than 35 years, though it is little known on the american side of the atlantic tons. in 2008, there will be one f/1 circulate race in the usa and five in france.the “midgets” first appeared in the old world in 1970, racing on the isle of man, which is in the irish sea, just off the scottish coast. two british-built cassutt racers and three locally-designed rollason betas introduced american-style class racing to an audience that had previously seen only encumber racing. unlike the latter, in which the airplanes start separately and finish close together, the “midgets” started together, raced wingtip-to-wingtip and finished even closer, the margin of victory being just 4/10ths of a second.this was real racing and the crowd ate it up. dissimilar to handicap racing, in which everything from vw-powered turbulents to tiger moths, 172s and beech barons motor around pylon courses as long as 15 or 20 miles, the itsy-bitsy 100 hp machines tore all about in full view of the amazed crowd.that first year commonplace five races and rising speeds. soon, other types joined the fray: a shoestring, then a twosome of cosmic winds and finally wind down-winged cassutts. while speeds nevertheless bear not equaled those achieved in the usa, it is not unusual to see races in which the leader finishes no more than joke airplane-length ahead of the runner-up.in 1976, the sport added france to its beadroll of venues, with a grand prix at the le castelet road racing ambit near the mediterranean. the individual american, kentucky style senator bill sullivan, shipped his modified #51 cassutt “anaconda” to france and won over his french and british rivals.other continental races followed, most of them in france, but also in belgium and denmark, as the class spread its wings. by 2007, more than 100 races for formula limerick had been conducted in europe, with not a single fatality.the outlook for 2008 includes these races in france, which typically will involve 8-10 airplanes, including cassutts, max plan 205 busards, a shoestring and peradventure even someone from england or even the usa:june 13-15 castres, in south-central france, 70 miles east of toulousejune 27-29 — st. flour, in the central part of the native land, 30 miles south of clermont-ferrandjuly 25-27 a scattering miles south-east of rouen, which is in the northwestern part, 50 miles southeast of the english furrowaugust 15-17st. flour (see above)september 26-28 albert airfeld, not far off cambrai, which is in north-central france, 50 miles northeast of amiens.all these races wish be organized by the association des pilotes d’avions de formule (apaf), headed up by racepilot pierre yout, who can be contacted at pierre.yout@orange.fr

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