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LeTourneau University aviation students will compete this summer in the 43rd annual, all-female Air Race Classic, covering about 2,400 miles across the country from June 18 to 21.

The Air Race Classic, founded in 1929 by Amelia Earhart and 19 other pilots as the First Women's Air Derby originally ran from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio. Now the epicenter of women's air racing, the Air Race Classic draws pilots from ages 17 to 90.