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British pilot Steve Jones flying his aircraft between air gates during the Red Bull Air Race World Series, San Diego, 2007.

French aviator Jules Védrines turning the pylon in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race, Chicago, 1912.

The U.S. Navy team at the seaplane races for the Schneider Trophy, August 1926.

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Also Known As	airplane racing

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British pilot Steve Jones flying his aircraft between air gates during the Red Bull Air Race World Series, San Diego, 2007.

French aviator Jules Védrines turning the pylon in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race, Chicago, 1912.

The U.S. Navy team at the seaplane races for the Schneider Trophy, August 1926.

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Formula 1 racing Schneider Trophy motor sports horse racing skiing swimming cycling automobile racing aerobatics stunt flying canoeing rowing skydiving

Key People

Claude Grahame-White

Claude Grahame-White

British aviator

Vincent Bendix

American inventor and industrialist

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