The McDonald Racer #37 air race team was recently invited to take part in Entertainment Films’ IMAX production of ”Air Racers 3D: Forces of Flight”. The team flew out to Reno, Nevada on June 11th, 2011 to film on both June 12th and June 13th, 2011. We were honored to participate.
The film is a documentary featuring the annual National Championship Air Races and is currently scheduled for release at IMAX theatres in both 3D and 2D in February of 2012. For more information click here.
Past & Current Team Goals:
Through out the years, the McDonald Racer #37 team has had 3 main goals:
1. Actively Encouraging Children Interested in Aviation
2. Win First Place in the T-6 Gold Class
3. Break and Maintain the Air Racing Speed Record of 244.523 mph.
In the past, the race team has actively encourage children interested in aviation, by donating rides to the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum and supporting the EAA Young Eagles Program and Kids in Flight through promotional efforts annually out at the races. In fact, Name Tag, Inc. gave us the specific opportunity to promote Kids In Flight at last year’s races by donating promotional pins (pictured below).
Name Tag, Inc. 2010 Promotional Pin
Crew in “Kids in Flight” T-Shirts
As for winning first place in the gold, as well as breaking and maintaining a new air racing speed record, our crew works consistently to increase the McDonald Racer’s speeds. Our sponsor Tulsa Aircraft Engines, Inc. has let us know recently that we should be getting our race engine back and better than ever within the next few weeks.
To learn more about the current speed record, visit our Breaking Records page here.
2011 Promotional Goals:
This year, again with the sponsorship of Name Tag, Inc., we will continue to encourage children interested in aviation by promoting two exceptional non-profit groups: Kids in Flight and the EAA Young Eagles. Both of which will be promoted due to Name Tag’s generous donation of lanyards. The lanyards themselves will have both the McDonald Racer #37 and Name Tag, Inc.’s website on the actual lanyard to promote our efforts, but we additionally plan to put together laminated cards (similar to our pins from last year) with these non-profits logos and websites. Once everything is finalized, we’ll be sure to post photos of these as well!
Learn more about the air races and our team, watch the news story linked below:
