The Air Race Classic

Organizations, Honors and Races

Ninety-Nines

Honors at Air Shows

Woman's Air Derbies: 1929-1931

WASP (1942-1944)

All Woman Transcontinental Air Race (1947-1977)

All Woman International Air Race (1947-1978)

Air Race Classic (1978-to date)

All Aviation and Space

Astronauts

Milestones of Flight (Smithsonian)

Hot Air Balloon Races

Women Pilots

British pilots (0)

French pilots (2)

German pilots (0)

Russian pilots (2)

Other nationalities (1)

Jacqueline Cochran
(1906 - 1980)

Bessie Coleman
(1892 - 1926)

Amelia Earhart
(1897 - 1937)

Harriet Quimby
(1875 - 1912)

Blanche Stuart Scott
(1885 - 1970)

Katherine Stinson
(1891 - 1977)

Louise Thaden
(1905 - 1979)

The Powder Puff Derby ended in 1977, due to rising fuel costs and the costs incurred in a lawsuit by a male pilot who wanted to be able to participatein the race.
The Air Race Classic began in 1978, to replace it. The Air Race Classic flies halfway across country, rather than all the way across country.
The Air Race Classic has not missed a year since 1978, and is now the longest running cross-country air race.

This cover was stamped on June 23, 1993.
The race started in Corpus Christi, Texas and ended in North Kingston, Rhode Island, with a stopover in Decature, Illinois.
This was the 17th annual race.
Producer of this cover: Decatur Stamp Club