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AAM Institute Announces “Revival of Pulitzer Trophy Race, Marking 100th Anniversary”

The Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) Insti­tute announced recent­ly an agree­ment with the Nation­al Aero­nau­tic Asso­ci­a­tion (NAA) for the revival of the Pulitzer Tro­phy Race this Autumn, mark­ing the 100th anniver­sary of the last run­ning in 1925, reports a press release. 

The orig­i­nal race series was designed to achieve pub­lic accep­tance for avi­a­tion itself. Now, a cen­tu­ry lat­er, the AAM Insti­tute, with the bless­ing of the NAA, will re-launch the Pulitzer Tro­phy annu­al race series in the hopes of sim­i­lar­ly achiev­ing pub­lic accep­tance for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty. 

Amy Spowart, Pres­i­dent and CEO, NAA, enthused, “The Nation­al Aero­nau­tic Asso­ci­a­tion is thrilled to see the revival of air rac­ing and high­light the future of avi­a­tion. Wit­ness­ing his­to­ry being made and pro­vid­ing the award to cel­e­brate the win­ner of the com­pe­ti­tion will ener­gise the next gen­er­a­tion of avi­a­tion leg­ends.” 

The Pulitzer Race Direc­tor, retired USAF Colonel Scott Neu­mann, remarked, ”We have designed the first Pulitzer Elec­tric Air­craft Race in a way to hon­our the lega­cy of the orig­i­nal races from a cen­tu­ry ago and at the same time to high­light the amaz­ing poten­tial of this new form of air trans­porta­tion as it emerges. This race bears wit­ness to the begin­ning of the elec­tric age of flight.”

Dan Sloat, the Insti­tute Founder, added, “We wel­come eCTOL, eSTOL, and eVTOL alike. This is a speed race with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to have your name added to the list of hero­ic pilots hon­oured with the leg­endary Pulitzer Tro­phy at the Nation­al Air & Space Muse­um in DC.”

 For more infor­ma­tion about the race:-

www.pulitzertrophy.com

To sub­mit a bid as host city for this his­toric event, inquire about spon­sor­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties, offer to vol­un­teer, or express inter­est to com­pete, please email:

pulitzer@aamins5tute.org 

Lt Cyrus Bet­tis, Air Ser­vice, a win­ner of the Pulitzer Tro­phy on Octo­ber 12th, 1925, fly­ing a Cur­tiss R3C‑1 rac­er. He had set a world speed record of 249 mph for a closed-cir­cuit race. He was also the win­ner of the 1924 Mitchell Tro­phy Race and a year lat­er the Mack­ay Tro­phy. (Cred­it: Air Force His­tor­i­cal Foun­da­tion)

For more infor­ma­tion

https://aaminstitute.org

(Top image: AAM Insti­tute)

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