Welcome to the official website for the newly formed team Pink and Pearls! The Team is Heather Ford and Soph Lazarou, our name is inspired by Nancy-Bird Walton, and we’re off to the USA to compete in an Air Race. We have a plane and we have a dream. We look forward to keeping you up to date on our progress as we count down the months and create some serious mischief in the process. Happy Flying! | 
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Air Race Classic The Air Race Classic is the only all-woman, transcontinental air race flying today. Women's Air Racing started in 1929 with the first Women's Air Derby. Racing continued through the 30's and was renewed again after WWII when the all Women's Air Race, the Powder Puff Derby, came into being. The Commemorative final flight of the Powder Puff Derby was in 1977.
The Air Race Classic stepped in to continue the tradition of transcontinental speed competition for women pilots and staged the premier race. The current routes are approximately 2400 statute miles in length and the contestants have four days, flying by visual flight rules in daylight to reach the end. Each plane is assigned a handicap of speed and the goal is to have actual ground speed be as far over the handicap as possible.
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