The Ultimate Air Race
Challenge (UARC) is a new event that pits seven pilots against one
another on a course at the same time racing between pylons at about 300
MPH. They held a practice event and preliminary shakedown at Vosburgh
Field in Cayuma California on May 27-29, 2011. I arrived early on
Saturday morning and witnessed an army of volunteers work to set up six
inflatable pylons that are 60 feet tall. Once everything was set up and
ready, Dave Riggs became the first pilot on the course to run the
course. Throughout the day, between 2 and 4 pilots raced the course at
between 15 and 65 feet in quite a show of horsepower and nerve. The
afternoon was going to bring all pilots out on the course for a big
show. Unfortunately, the winds kicked up just after the first 2
aircraft arrived and blew over the pylons on the course. I assisted the
ground crew in getting pylon #1 rolled up and stabilized as others
worked to get the rest of the pylons under control. Despite the winds
cancelling the afternoon of flying, there was still some impressive
flying going on as the pilots got acclimated to the course. I want to
thank everyone involved for a day of interesting and safe flying.
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