PRESCOTT, Ariz., June 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) announced today that its Information Systems &
Global Solutions' Flight Services Program is a major sponsor of the
40th Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-woman cross-country
airplane race taking off on Tuesday, June
21, 2016. The mission of the race, a four-day, 2,700-mile
event featuring 130 women pilots, is to encourage and educate
current and future female pilots, increase public awareness of
general aviation and demonstrate women's roles in aviation.
"Lockheed Martin has been a longtime champion of women in
aviation. In fact, Amelia Earhart
flew a single-engine Lockheed Vega to achieve her solo non-stop
flight across the Atlantic in 1932, a first for a woman, and the
plane allowed her to set a series of women's speed and distance
aviation records," said Andy
Hartman, program manager, Lockheed Martin Automated Flight
Service Station contract.
"Today, our Flight Services Program team provides a range of
services to more than 80,000 members of the general aviation
community across the country each week—many of whom are female
pilots. We welcome the opportunity to support an event that
promotes the tradition of pioneering women in aviation," Hartman
continued.
Air Race Classic pilots range in age from 17 to 90 years old,
come from a variety of backgrounds and fly a wide range of
airplanes. Race teams, consisting of at least two women pilots,
must fly during daylight hours only and are given four days to make
flybys at each en route timing point and then land at the terminus.
This year's race route honors collegiate aviation programs across
the nation. The 58-aircraft fleet will begin the race at
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
campus in Prescott, Arizona, which
is also the location of Lockheed Martin's Flight Service hub.
Representatives of the Flight Services program will be on hand to
provide Weather and Flight Planning guidance through the
1800wxbrief.com Pilot Web. Follow the race process online or via
social media at @2016ARC and @1800wxbrief.
For additional information, visit our website:
www.lockheedmartin.com.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
125,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services.
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