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map Historic Sites Tour
of
Cleveland's
National Air Races

Friday May 4, 2007
3:00 P.M.

Departs from the lobby of the Holiday Inn - Cleveland Airport location on W. 150th.

 

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The tour showed a great deal of planning and your

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2006 Tour Participant

Where & When:

The fully narrated tour will depart from the lobby of the Holiday Inn Airport Location (the Host hotel of the 2007 Society of Air Racing Historians Symposium) at 3:00 P.M. Friday May 4, 2007 and will return prior to the Symposium's social function that evening (approximately 6PM.

What:

Visit actual sites of the Cleveland's historic National Air Races (1929 - 1949) including:

  • Pylon sites
  • Site of the National Air Races grandstands
  • Cleveland Air Racing landmarks including the former hotels that housed air racers and air race operations
  • Site of Bill Odom's infamous 1949 crash
  • Visit to Marjorie Rosenbaum Plaza at Burke Lakefront Airport dedicated to the long tradition of exhibition flying in Cleveland including several granite plaques recalling important events, people air aircraft from the National Air Races era.
  • Hangers that once housed air racers during the legendary races
  • Numerous points of interest related to the National Air Races

Features Include:

  • Fully narrated tour to these historic sites.
  • An almost three-hour experience in which to fully immerse yourself in the history and legacy of these world-renown races.
  • And much more!

Cost:

Cost for this one-of-a-kind tour is only $27.90 (plus tax)
Tour is NOT included with Symposium Registration; Symposium participation is NOT required to enjoy this tour.

Simply click here to register for your seat on the tour!

New Air Racing Book Available

Great photos and great narrative make this a must-have for air racing enthusiasts.

The perfect companion to the Historic Sites Tour of Cleveland's National Air Races.

Order your copy here.

 

 

More Info

For more information, contact us here at info@academicventures.com.

Attention Group Coordinators and Program Directors -- You can offer this tour to your group anytime!
Please contact us to learn more about this unique outing.
We can coordinate a charter motor coach or use your community's bus or jitney and driver.