Hot Footin' it at altitude

These are shots from the Carbondale to Indiana leg. The team put some serious numbers up as they caught a crazy fast tailwind. They made it in before the weather turned foul as you know. So along the way they caught a picture of another racer below, along with some photographic evidence of their NEED for SPEED. The 496 shows 160 knots of ground speed and at one point, the stack avionics recorded and AMAZING 181 knots. That is better than 200 miles per hour in a plane that books at around 160miles per hour top speed. Thank goodness the wind was with them or it would have been a far different story. Yes I know the Oreo shot was blurry but it explains why Bev and Teresa were getting giddy in mid flight! The team is holding for the night with the plane in Parkersburg and the crew sleeping in Ohio. Parting is such sweet sorrow - until Friday morning, then it is BACK TO WORK. Let's cheer Classic 47 on to the end tomorrow. Exciting!

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