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Airplane Racing: A History, 1909-2008 by Don Berliner, McFarland, Jefferson, N.C., 2010, $35. This handy reference serves as the ultimate scorecard for the sport of air racing. It summarizes the particulars of virtually every major air race since the very first such contest, near Reims, France, in 1909. Don Berliner, editor of the Society of …
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