Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan hosted the Mitchell Trophy Air Race for the first time in eighty-nine years.
The Mitchell Race was named for 1st Lt. John Lendrum Mitchell, Jr. who died in France, while flying, during World War I.
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