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    New Air Racing Class ? Rocket powered planes

    Hello,

    I found the following stuff and thought, you might like to see it ...
    links follow below... Might be even louder than T-6s.

    Jan http://www.airrace.de (Yes, we´ve got new pics online)



    Rocket Planes, A New Era For Air Racing...
    http://www.avweb.com/newswire/11_40b/leadnews/190717-1.html
    Will racing do for rockets in the 21st century what it did for aviation in the early part of the 20th century? That's the hope of the forward-thinking folks that brought you the Ansari X Prize. X Prize founder Peter Diamandis, along with car-racing executive Granger Whitelaw, have formed the Rocket Racing League, in which rocket-powered planes will square off against each other in head-to-head competition. Diamandis said that while the race series will be tremendous spectator sport, it will also help advance private exploration of space. He called the races "a critical commercial step in opening up the space frontier."


    ...The Evolution Of X Prize...
    http://www.avweb.com/newswire/11_40b/leadnews/190718-1.html
    X-COR's EZ Rocket is being hailed as the prototype for the race aircraft and it will be put through its paces at the Countdown to the X Prize Cup in Las Cruces, N.M., Oct. 9. The EZ Rocket has been flying for three years and uses a tiny alcohol-fueled rocket motor that can be started and stopped in flight. "Crucial for rocket racing is the ability to turn off and relight the engines," said Col. Rock Searfoss, a former astronaut who will fly the EZ Rocket on Sunday. "I will do multiple shutoffs and relights in Las Cruces to demonstrate where we're headed." The racers will reach speeds of 200 to 300 mph (the piston-powered unlimiteds and most of the sport class aircraft beat that at the Reno Air Races) and Diamandis is promising a spectacle.


    http://www.xpcup.com/index.cfm
    Jan

    http://www.AirRace.info = http://www.airrace.de
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    Re: New Air Racing Class ? Rocket powered planes

    This link was missing:

    404 - Not found
    http://www.xcor.com/ez.html
    Jan

    http://www.AirRace.info = http://www.airrace.de

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    • #3
      Re: New Air Racing Class ? Rocket powered planes

      Here is the actual organizing body with M Houghton as a advisor...

      http://www.rocketracingleague.com/

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