An Overview of Formula 1 Air Racing Formula 1 air racing is what I think the most exciting form of air racing . Formerly called midgets the Formula 1 aircraft of today weigh about five-hundred pounds have a Continental O-200 engine. They usually reach speeds of 250 knots. Before I get into the high tech machines of today I will discuss some of the history of air racing and how it branch off to formula 1. Before world war II racing …showed first 75 words of 1059 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1059 total…the scatter lap. Throughout the race which is typically eight laps around a three mile oval course you pass other aircraft as long as you keep them in site at all times. Passing high on the outside is the perfered method . Fling is done any where from sixty feet to two-hundred feet above ground level. The six pylons appear as fifty-five gallons drums on top of telephone poles and anytime a portion of your aircraft