Article: STICK AND RUDDER : 20,000 EXPECTED AT AIR RACES.(NEWS)

Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer

In Formula One racing, the airplanes scream along at 240 mph just a few feet above the ground and within a few feet of each other.

The racers' wing tips often overlap by a foot, and the pilots say they just have to trust that the other fliers won't do anything stupid.

``The adrenaline is going hard. There's no time to get scared,'' Lancaster pilot Kevin Kelly said. ``You have to trust the other guys.''

Kelly, a 45-year-old design engineer whose airplane is named Barbara Jean 2, added: ``It's the best E-ticket ride around. . . . It's high-speed formation flying 40 feet off the ground.''

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