In less than two weeks the Outback Air Race has received over 42 entries with over 100 people eager to participate in the 2021 event, with more on the waiting list.
The Outback Air Race raises much needed funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service with over $3.1m being donated from this triennial event since it began in 1996. It is Australia’s most successful and enduring air safari, and in 2018 this volunteer run event was successful in several categories at the Australian Event Awards.
Teams from WA, ACT, NSW, Qld and Vic will meet in Darwin for the start of the race on the 30th August and spend the next 13 days flying to various locations ending with the finale in Coffs Harbour on the 12th September 2021.
The Outback Air Race is not actually a race but a time trial, with participants scored electronically on teams’ nominated times from A-B and “nearest to the pin” to set locations for participants to find and overfly accurately.
Each ‘leg’ of the race has a winner who becomes the custodian of the actual fundraising (mannequin’s) leg, resulting in more opportunities for that team to fundraise by filling it with donations at the leg destination.
Each year the Royal Flying Doctor Service helps over 370,000 patients, conducts 18,000 remote clinics and flies over 27 million km. The RFDS has been operating for over 92 years.
The Outback Air Race will be calling into nine locations from Darwin to Cooinda, Adels Grove, Karumba, Undara, Shute Harbour, Gladstone, Roma and Goondiwindi before finishing in Coffs Harbour. Participants will be flying their various light aircraft 3,900kms to achieve the target of raising $600,000. A professional documentary is being produced of the 2021 race which will be pitched to the various networks, Netflix and many others.
Please see the race website www.outbackairrace.com.au for more details on our event.
Please contact Race Manager Stuart Payne at manager@outbackairrace.com.au or phone 0409 397139 for more info.
More photographs from previous events available on request….