A century ago, a group of publishing magnates sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race, a 32-mile closed-course competition designed to headline the National Air Races series and highlight the rapidly developing technology of flight (not to mention sell newspapers).
Today, the National Aeronautic Association, the country's oldest nonprofit aviation group, plans to resurrect the contest as a four-day cross-country endurance race for a range of crewed electric-propulsion aircraft, from helicopters to eVTOLs;
