CLASSIC 47: First Day = FUN Weather

Welcome to the home of Classic 47 sponsored by WINGS OF HOPE

Meet Bev Cleair and Teresa Camp - Wings of Hope's 2010 pilot team. Classic 47 is a 2000 Cessna 182 S which will dutifully carry Wings of Hope's vision of peace and self-sustaining humanitarian programs for a better world.

Bev and Teresa are poised to race the Air Race Classic June 22 - June 25, 2010 from Fort Meyers, Florida to Frederick, Maryland, a 2157 nautical mile jaunt. This is the oldest air race in the country exclusively for women pilots. Its origins date back to the 1930's when the likes of Amelia Earhart and company were competing and dominating the Powder Puff Derby

Thursday, June 17, 2010

First Day = FUN Weather

The team reports safe arrival into Waycross, GA. Been dancing all day with some larger cloud cells but flying around, up, or under as required. Solid avionics and stormscope have kept the ladies in the air today. Tomorrow, weather should be a tad easier. At first stop they had a Taurus loaner car without air conditioning and now in Georgia they have some type of van without A.C. too?

As the team gets further South, more palm trees are popping up. The last leg to the start of the race is approximately 250 nautical miles to Ft. Meyers, FL tomorrow. No rush so Bev and Teresa will enjoy a relaxed breakfast and most likely head for the airport by 10:00H tomorrow. Classic 40 was at both Tuscaloosa and in Waycross but they are going to carry-on through tonight to Florida.

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