Reno Air Racing Association
http://www.airrace.org/indexJS.php
The Reno Air Racing Association Board of Directors, a small full-time staff, and hundreds of volunteers work together to preserve this unique event. Staff members handle the thousands of details that need to come together to make the Races happen, and planning for next year's event begins even before the current one is over. About 2500 volunteers serve in capacities ranging from race course safety and security, event sequencing and air traffic control, and race timing and scoring.
Our mission is to perpetuate the most unique air racing event and aviation experience in the world by combining the fastest motor sport with spectacular military and civilian air entertainment.
You can contact the Reno Air Racing Association via email by using the contact form on this Web site. Or, call 775-972-6663.
April 2006: RARA acquires additional hangar space at Reno Stead Field
The Board of Trustees of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority have approved the acquisition of additional hangar and office space at Reno Stead Field by the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA), site of the annual National Championship Air Races and Air Show.
"Securing this hangar will allow us to better serve the National Championship Air Races by having more space for our race pilots to meet, brief, and work", said Reno Air Racing President and CEO, Michael Houghton.
"It allows us to provide even greater hangar space for the fast-growing Sport Class during the Air Races, and we will be able to sublease office and hangar space during the fifty weeks of the year when the Races are not in progress", he continued.
"The lease of this space is another indication of the Reno Air Racing Association's commitment to keeping the Air Races growing here at Reno Stead Field, and we believe it will deliver significant benefits to the Association, our racing classes, and the fans," said Houghton.
The additional hangar was previously occupied by ERA Aviation and is directly adjacent to the existing RARA hangar at the West end of Reno Stead Field.
about the National Championship Air Races and Air Show
This year's National Championship Air Races represent a unique event that carries on the tradition of the Cleveland Air Races of the 1920's, 30's, and 40's. Although air racing in Cleveland ended in 1949, in 1964 Bill Stead organized an air race near Reno, Nevada, and the Reno National Championship Air Races were born. The experiment Bill Stead started in the Nevada desert has been going strong for 41 years. It has only been interrupted once - in September 2001 when all aircraft in the US were grounded following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
The National Championship Air Races bring together thousands of aviation and sports enthusiasts from around the world, incuding many residents of Reno and the surrounding areas. Race and air show participants include astronauts, airline pilots, and military and civilian aviators. For a week every September, the high desert north of Reno becomes home to hundreds of aircraft, their pilots, and crews.
