Small Planes, Big Thrills: The Mighty Midgets

Born with the homebuilt lightplane movement in the 1920s, the “Builder’s Class” of Formula One racers continues to thrill spectators today at Reno. The annual Reno Air Races usually evoke images of the Unlimited class: highly modified warbirds competing around a roughly eight-mile oval course at speeds approaching 500 mph. The smaller and slower Formula One …

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