About The Great Air Race, from BoardGameGeek:
The Great Air Race is played with cards, which represent the player's progress through the various stages of the race.
A race is made up of a number of Stage cards (usually 3-5), laid out to form a course. Players must traverse this course by playing Flight cards, each of which denotes a certain amount of Progress towards this goal.
The first player to reach the finish line at the end of the race is the winner.
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