The Arc France Race

Air Race Classic, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to:

• Encouraging and educating current and future women pilots
• Increasing public awareness of general aviation
• Demonstrating women's roles in aviation
• Preserving and promoting the tradition of pioneering women in aviation

1st October 2020. Longchamp hosts the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this weekend. The Preakness Stakes will understandably be the center of the US Horse Racing scene this weekend but one of the biggest races around the Globe is also taking place. The Entries and Post Positions for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe came out early this morning and we have a quick look at the biggest race in France. Use this page to access today’s racing results from all the meetings taking place in the UK, Ireland and overseas, including France and North America. The menu below shows a condensed version of the results including, starting prices and tote pool pay outs. THE WORLD’S GREATEST HORSERACE One of the greatest sporting events in the world, held at the truly spectacular ParisLongchamp Racecourse: an opportunity to experience a race with an intensity all of its own and witness the crowning of a legend.

The ARC fulfills its mission in many ways, with the culmination being our annual cross-country air race. Women of all ages, backgrounds and professions, flying a wide variety of airplanes, continue the tradition of women's air racing. Racers arrive a few days prior to the start of the race for pilot briefings and airplane inspections. The actual air race is four days, with every team taking off in order, 30 seconds apart. After the takeoff, teams strategize on how many legs of the race to fly each day, and which stop they are planning on spending the night along the route. Weather, wind, terrain and airplane performance all play a role, since the race must be flown in daylight hours. In some years, a team finishing the course in 2 days may be the winner. In other years, the team that arrives at the terminus just before the official deadline is the winner. The teams race against their own handicap, so whichever team beats their handicap speed by the most, wins. After 2 days of inspections, debriefings, and meetings with the scorer and the judges, the winners are announced at the final banquet.

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Interested in more information? See the list of qualifications for entry, or the frequently asked questions. Or send an email to ARC General Information.

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Just the Facts:

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• The construction of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was ordered in 1806 by Napoleon, the French Emperor.
• Napoleon wanted to honor the Grande Armee, the name of the French army at that time.
• The Grande Armee had conquered most of Europe and was then considered invicible. After his Austerlitz victory in 1805, Napoleon said to his soldiers : “You will return home through archs of triumph”.
• The construction had been stopped between 1814 (abdication of Napoleon) and 1826.
• The Arc de Triomphe costed 9.3 millions French francs, a gigantic amount of money at that time.
• The names of 128 battles of the first French Republic and Napoleon’s Empire are written on the white walls under the vault together with the names of the generals who took part in them.
• The construction of Arc de Triomphe was completed in 1836, long after Napoleon’s death in 1821.