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Three teams of Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Aviation female aviators will take off for the 47th Air Race Classic

On June 18, teams of women pilots from across the U.S. will take off from Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) in Carbondale, Illinois, for the 47th annual Air Race Classic.

Hemlock Films, the makers of many documentaries and aviation profiles, is planning to tell the story of the 1929 Wwomen’s Air Derby.

Amelia Earhart, the first person to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, disappeared while flying in 1937. Read about her plane, death, and more facts.

Taught by world-famous instructor Mary Neta Snook-Southern, Earhart eventually became the 16th woman in America to be certified as a pilot.

She designed her own line of luggage and clothes and became an advocate for women in politics and business. She appeared in front of Congress to lobby for increased funds

Attention women pilots: if air racing is on your aviation bucket list, here's your chance: registration is opening for the Air Race Classic.

If air racing is on your aviation bucket list, you still have time to sign up for the third annual ARC Air Derby organized by Air Race Classic Inc.

The 46th Annual Air Race Classic, which traces its roots to the 1929 Women’s Air Derby, ended this year’s race in Homestead last Friday.

The 46th annual Air Race Classic featuring 100 female pilots is set to conclude in Homestead on Friday.