In order to commemorate the first century of air racing we are preparing a series of articles about the first air races for our newsletter "Bent Throttles". When they are published they will be made available in pdf format here:

• What is an Air Race? In order to decide when the first air race was held, it is necessary to decide what an air race is.
   

• The 1904 St Louis Air Race - The first attempt ever at organising an air race?

• The 1909 Monaco Air Race and other early failures

• The Worlds' First Air Races: The May-June 1909 Port-Aviation Meetings

• The June-July 1909 Douai Air Races

• The July 1909 Vichy Air Races

• The August 1909 Reims Air Races

The World's First Air Racing Pilots

• Part 1: Delagrange, Ferber and Rougier

• Part 2: Blériot, Breguet, Paulhan and Tissandier

• Part 3: Cockburn, Curtiss, Latham and Lefebvre

To appear:

• The September 1909 Brescia Air Races

• The September-October 1909 Berlin Air Races

• The October 1909 Blackpool Air Races

• The October 1909 Doncaster Air Races

• The October 1909 Frankfurt Air Races

• The October 1909 Port-Aviation Air Races

• The October-November 1909 Antwerp Air Races