We watched the premier of "Through the Clouds", which is a documentary on the first all women's air race. Fascinating. During the reception afterwards, during our chit-chats, it sounded like our leg that scored 20 might be pretty good. Who knows? Could we be in the running for a leg prize? We should find out tomorrow. --TAC

Got our score and it was slightly higher than my recorded times. We didn't get any penalties. Yay! However, we didn't get in the top ten impounded planes.

We got a rental car and drove to Gettysburg. Interesting battlefield and history. --TAC

AOPA facility tour 6/25/10

So during the day, the crew wanted to take a tour of AOPA. They have a beautiful building off the field at Frederick. AOPA had a couple of racers on Team 29 in the race. All the local staff signed a picture of their team. Also the position of their team was being tracked using the SPOT GPS navigation system. Teresa wanted to check-out the President's office along with his view of the field. Fortunately he was away at the time of the tour. More pixtures later this evening.

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YAY! Frederick Terminus 6/25/10

Well once the ladies touched down, the fun finally began. The terminus was filled with activies including a BBQ tent and a massage to get the knots out after 2100 miles of bumpy flying. Bev and Teresa were briefly interviewed by a radio station and of course Wings of Hope was the topic of discussion. It is hard to not get noticed in those WOH pink jumpsuits but the locals loved it. Finally, what better way to relax from a long day of flying than for the ladies to each take a half hour helocopter lesson???? They both were given instruction on basic hovering, forward, side to side, auto-gyro work and of course landing. More at around Noon 6/26/10 showing the crew's tour of AOPA in Frederick.

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Terminus unloading, volunteers, Photog!

Once the team was on the ground there was tons to do. A local photographer would come and talk to all of the racers. Each of the planes was assigned a spot along the grass and you can see the tiny timing hut out along the side of the runway. Classic 29 got in later and surprise - once inside the FBO, our old Ninety Nine friend Barb Wilper was helping out like always. What an experience. More pix coming soon.

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WV leg to Frederick - End in Sight

Here is a recap of the 6/25/10 9AM Eastern airport gathering in West Virginia. All the racers that stayed over greeted each other before the final push. There was a little tri pacer there to remind us of Roy Clark's plane that sadly could not make the long haul. The trip along the way did not have as much tailwind to Frederick but navigating lower was better today with more visibility than the previous night. Crew saw a powerplant along the way and turned for final at just before 11:00AM Eastern. Once they landed they were greeted by a line guy to guide them in to their grass parking space. The ladies were excited and took some snaps of themselves in their pink Wings of Hope jumpsuits. More pix soon.

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