Preserve Women's Air Racing!  

Help us preserve the legacy of pioneering women in aviation by encouraging and educating current and future women pilots, increasing public awareness of general aviation, demonstrating women's roles in aviation, and promoting the tradition of women's air racing!

WHY I FLY

As of the end of 2017, in the US, there were an estimated 609,306 active certificated pilots. Did you know that less than 7% are women? Each year, we ask new racers why they fly. Read what one said here: 

I fly to learn.

Sure, there is the technical knowledge: what the controls do and why; how to make them do it better. But there's also learning about the world around me. In flight, I see things I'd never noticed from the ground: oxbow lakes excised from a river by impatient currents; low spots that distort farm fields so they look like rumpled plaid. The lily-pad patterns of ice breaking up over a spring harbor. Then there are the clouds! The wind, illustrated! A cumulus cloud is turbulence made visible - but below that flat bottom, there's lift. Enjoy the ride!

More importantly, I learn about myself. Flying taught me to make my own decisions and manage old uncertainties. I was shunned in junior high for being "bossy" until I deferred to everyone; flying taught me instead how to be Pilot In Command. I learned to collect information, choose a plan, act, then reassess, if necessary. What freedom! What responsibility! I learned not to mind if someone called me an Uppity Woman. In my book, an Uppity Woman is a Whole Human Being.

Whenever I fly, I look at the conditions - not only of my airplane and the weather, but also of myself. It's a constant assessment, and it takes honesty.Oh, but wait…I also fly because it's fun!           Nancy S

Help us preserve the legacy of pioneering women in aviation by encouraging and educating current and future women pilots, increasing public awareness of general aviation, demonstrating women's roles in aviation, and promoting the tradition of women's air racing! For more information, visit us at www.airraceclassic.org. 

The Air Race Classic wants to raise $50,000 this year. Money raised will go toward education, video seminars, webinars, and operating funds. We need your help!

The goal of this campaign is to continue the legacy started 90 years ago by such women as Amelia Earhart, Pancho Barnes and Louise Thaden! You can make a difference by donating by December 31. Click on this donate link today! https://www.airraceclassic.org/make-a-donation.htm

Air Race Classic is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are deductible as allowed by law.

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