News/Press Releases

The Air Race Classic, the annual all-women cross-country airplane race, is proud to announce that LiveATC.net, the go-to site for streaming air-traffic communications from all over the world, will present live broadcasts of racers at the Start, Terminus and all flyby locations for the next three years.

A new sponsor at the flyby level, LiveATC.net will put listeners right in the cockpit of the Air Race Classic (ARC) race planes, as they hear the racers maneuver for position, line up for flybys, execute high-speed low passes over each timing line and then either zoom off to the next stop or stop the clock, cool their engines down and land for fuel and a well-needed rest.

"The Air Race Classic is excited to welcome sponsorship from LiveATC.net," said ARC President Lara Gaerte. "LiveATC's air traffic control monitoring will give Air Race Classic racers, their fans and their supporters a great way to follow them during the race, in real time!"

"LiveATC.net is pleased to sponsor Air Race Classic and bring live over-the-air radio calls from race pilots to a global audience," said founder Dave Pascoe. "As a pilot myself, I believe strongly in the ARC mission and am excited that we can leverage our global ATC monitoring technology to help bring attention to the race. ARC continues a long tradition of women's air racing, and we're excited to be a part of it."

More than 100 women pilots every year compete in the Air Race Classic, which this year will be hosted at the Start and Terminus by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Teams of two or three will depart from Prescott, AZ, on June 21, 2016, racing against their own best time as they fly a course that will take them to Albuquerque, NM; Midland, TX; Waco, TX; Arkadelphia, AR; Warrensburg, MO; Champaign/Urbana, IL; Murfreesboro, TN, and Americus, GA, before landing in Daytona Beach, FL, by the race arrival deadline June 24.

Education is a particular focus of next year's race, as every stop is at or near a renowned college or university aviation program.

At each location, LiveATC.net will beam live audio of the racers' communications with air-traffic control, the timers on the ground and one another to a global audience of pilots, aviation enthusiasts, family and friends.

ABOUT THE AIR RACE CLASSIC

Air Race Classic, Inc. is an all-volunteer, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a mission of encouraging and educating current and future women pilots, increasing public awareness of general aviation, demonstrating women's roles in aviation, and preserving and promoting the tradition of pioneering women in aviation. For more information, visit airraceclassic.org.

ABOUT LIVEATC.NET

Dave Pascoe launched LiveATC.net in 2003, based partially on a "collision of hobbies" — aviation and radio communications. Dave and a group of dedicated volunteers have since grown LiveATC.net into the world's premier ATC/aviation audio streaming and archive service. The service is popular with pilots, aviation enthusiasts, air-traffic controllers, FBO and flight school operators, news media and many others. LiveATC.net delivers audio streams through its website and through mobile apps (iPhone/iPad, Android and Windows Phone). For more information, visit liveatc.net.