Wed, May 19, 2010
First Female Race Pilots To Compete In The Aerobatic Racing
Challenge Series
On June 12, 2010 at Dallas Ft. Worth's Summer Balloon Classic
& AirFest, the Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series (ARC Series)
will showcase Aerobatic Race pilots Julia Wood & Kate Kyer in
their exclusive ARC Series debut as they compete for the 2010 Blue
Sky Challenge Cup Trophy.
Julia will be flying her Russian Sukhoi monoplane against Kate's
Classic Pitts biplane in a high-performance fight to determine if
Soviet aerobatic technology can beat out United States engineering
by defeating the classic American-built Pitts Special.
Kate Kyer
The International Federation of Aerobatic Racing (IFAR),
responsible for organizing, promoting, and sanctioning ARC Series
brand racing, is proud to highlight such talented women in this
growing Aerobatic Race series. Julia and Kate are consummate
aviation professionals that are not just skillful competitors but
outstanding role models as well.
Julia Wood
ARC Series racing challenges all of their Race Pilots to
strategically fly a sequence of maneuvers that will exploit the
weaknesses of their opponent's aircraft while maximizing their own
plane's advantages and flight characteristics. Positioning
their aircraft side-by-side as they battle for the lead, pilots
must fly faster, corner harder, push the limits and pull more
G-forces than their rivals. The first aircraft to complete
the entire sequence, including classic maneuvers such as the
Avalanche, Humpty-Bump, Hammerhead, and the Tailslide, wins the
race.
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