ACROSS NEW MEXICO. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES HELD ITS PYLON RACING SEMINAR IN ROSWELL. IT SERVES AS A QUALIFIER FOR PILOTS WHO WILL PERFORM IN THE AIR RACES THIS ...

Well, the month flew by! Now it’s time to head back out to Idaho and then fly into Reno for the racing school. Brian is an experienced racer but wants to fly this new (for him) airplane. I’m excited ...

The Reno Air Races, originating in 1964, established a golden era for "Unlimited" pylon racing, featuring highly modified World War II fighter aircraft and fostering a passionate community around ...

Students with a significant summer accomplishment starts off the 2025-26 series that allows you to vote. The Tennessean’s first poll in our Student of the Week series for the 2025-26 school year ...

Chris Callow has returned from Holland after clinching his fifth F3D Pylon Racing world championship recently, where his locally built radio-controlled plane averaged 350kmh over a 4km course. That's ...

DUNNELLON – Look up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane! It's… No, it really is a plane - a radio controlled model that flies at speeds up to 75 mph. The familiar words introducing Superman are sure ...

The steady sound of the wheels ­hitting the expansion joints in the tarmac at the Reno-Stead Airport outside Reno, Nevada, only intensifies the butterflies flitting in my stomach as I taxi out to ...

Model aircraft enthusiasts Tom Wetherill (pilot) and Jim Orenshaw. Tom will represent New Zealand at the F3D World Championship Model Pylon Racing in Sweden. Picture: Rob Gunstone MODEL aircraft were ...

A trio of Sport class racers skim the high desert. Jan Peters When the Reno Air Races started in 1964, they were based on the premise that out in Nevada’s high desert, where there was no one around to ...

It’s Time! June 2015 is here and Pylon Racing Seminar is a few days away. This year is going to be different. Weather looks promising and we are planning to leave a day early not to take any chances.