The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was an air race across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland, California, to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii held in August 1927 that resulted in several deaths.
Aircraft poised to start the Dole Air Race from Oakland on August 16, 1927
City of Oakland after crash landing on Molokai
Mildred Doran and the Miss Doran
Covell & Waggener, Spirit of John Rodgers [crashed Aug 10, both killed]
Air racing is a type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.
T-6 Gold Start passing the finish pylon at the 2014 Reno Air Races
Louis Paulhan in a Farman III at the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field
Jimmy Doolittle on his Curtiss R3C-2 Racer, the plane in which he won the 1925 Schneider Trophy Race
Start formation Sport Class 2014 Reno Air Races