The Reno Air Races has a new name: TravelNevada.com Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show Presented by Breitling. The change is a condition of the state’s Tourism Commission’s three-year, $600,000 title sponsorship to be paid out of surplus room tax revenues, according to a report at the Reno Gazette-Journal.
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Air Racers 3D to fly high in Reno theaters
3D Entertainment Distribution has inked an agreement to present “Air Racers 3D,” in Reno exclusively at Cinemark Century Theatres from Sept. 7-20. The two-week theatrical engagement will coincide with the 2012 National Championship Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport, which will see the young star of the 3D film, pilot Steven Hinton, in competition for the […]
UAV Navigation to sponsor Reno racer
UAV Navigation, a vendor of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, will sponsor a plane in Reno’s National Championship Air Races and Air Show in September. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation’s CEO and co-founder, will fly the aircraft as a pilot. His plane, nº36, dubbed “N-A-RUSH”, is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat racing jet […]
Reno Air Races a go
The Reno Air Races will be a go, according to a report at EAA.org, which notes that the Reno Air Racing Association has secured a $100 million insurance policy for the races, which will be held Sept. 12-16 at Stead Airport.
Reno Air Races get green light — if it can get insurance
The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority Board has given a 1-year special permit for the Reno National Championship Air Races with the stipulation that the Reno Air Racing Association obtain $100 million in insurance coverage, according to a story in the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Reno Blue Ribbon Panel findings to be released Tuesday
On Tuesday, May 22, the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) will release the findings and recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Review Panel, commissioned in January to review the National Championship Air Races and identify potential areas that could be changed or modified to further improve safety. On Friday, Sept. 16, the Reno Air Races experienced […]
Air Racers 3D soars into select IMAX theaters
Air Racers 3D, the first IMAX movie devoted to the Reno Air Races, is rolling out across the country at select IMAX theaters, including the Naval Aviation Museum (Pensacola, Florida), Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Hutchinson, Kansas), National Infantry Museum (Columbus, Georgia) and U.S. Space & Rocket Centre (Huntsville, Alabama). The Smithsonian National Air and […]
NTSB releases Reno Air Races recommendations
The NTSB has released a number of recommendations as a result of the crash at last year’s Reno Air Races: Require aircraft owners, as a condition of eligibility to participate in the Reno National Championship Air Races, to provide an engineering evaluation that includes flight demonstrations and analysis within the anticipated flight envelope for aircraft […]
Reno Air Races are a go
This year’s Reno Air Races are slated for Sept. 12-16. In a press conference to discuss the future of the National Championship Air Races, officials from the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) said on Wednesday they are forming a Blue Ribbon Review Panel to study the event. The panel will review any possible changes or […]