Penn Yan / Yates County Airport is proud to have been one of the stops for the Annual Air Race Classic in 2018
The Air Race Classic is the epicenter of women's air racing. Pilots range in age from 17 to 90+ years old. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds including students, teachers, doctors, airline pilots, business owners, professionals and air traffic controllers. Race Teams, consisting of at least two women pilots, must fly VFR during daylight hours only and are given four days to make flybys at each en route timing point and then land at the terminus. The race route changes each year, approximately 2,400 statute miles in length with 8 or 9 timing points.
2018 was a challenging year for the Air Race Classic as unusually bad weather in the Midwest meant several stops were skipped and at times the race was halted. Because of the unusual weather, the majority of the aircraft arrived in Penn Yan on Thursday evening and departed Friday morning - seemingly all at the same time! The video shows all the aircraft on Friday morning awaiting departure to their final stop in Maine.
The final results of the Race are in the links below. We hope one day to host the race again!
