Air Race, the Fourth Dimension of Flight

Balazs Gardi

Freelance

Everyone knows what aerobatic flying is. Most people have also seen a skiing slalom and are familiar with auto racing. Air Race is, to a certain extent, a combination of these three disciplines. Imagine a large, rectangular area that is 1400 by 400 meters. Within these boundaries are mounted several pairs of 18-meter-high, white air-filled pylons, with each pair spaced 10 to 14 meters apart. These are the gates, and it's the pilots' job to fly between them. It is all about speed, of course, and the fastest plane wins. Caption, Air Race, San Francisco, USA.

Balazs Gardi, "Air Race, the Fourth Dimension of Flight," in POYi Archive, Item #35787, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35787 (accessed April 20, 2025).