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


Monday, June 28, 2010

6/28 Teresa dinner date



Had a lovely dinner with Charmane Truesdell (Karan Hofmann's Mom). We had delicious crab cakes at Timbuktu, and she was such a delight!--TAC
Best of all, we met our mission by exposing 100's of pilots and FBOs to the noble cause of Wings of Hope. We met people who want to help through volunteering. We also planted the seeds with many to consider donating their aircraft to WOH once they are done flying them. It is our hope that the impact of this flight continues for years to come. May many disadvantaged peoples' lives be touched with the WOH gift. --TAC
Well, I found a hotspot at a local McDonalds near Baltimore and am just relaxing reading everyone's blogs from the race. I also reserved a nice little room at a local Microtel. Bev and I had a good experience at the one near Parkersburg.

I got a call from Ms. Truesdell (Karan's Mom) and we made plans to meet for dinner for crab cakes tonight. Yum.

I must say this has been quite an adventure! We flew without mistakes so we showed well in the standings as 16th. I continue to learn and I have dozens more ideas how to get even more performance out of that sweet "Meme" (Bev's N267ME C-182). So if I ever race again, who knows?

For those loyal readers, thank you for caring and watching our exploits. I know some of my posts have been cryptic, but I tried to be prompt. And between all the duties of ground crew & bio functions I was proud to give you blow by blow bits of our adventure as they happened. --TAC

Happy 85th birthday celebration to Bev's mom, Bernice Gliege! We had indeed an amazing race. We feel extremely blessed to have been in the top 4 on 3 of the 8 legs among so many very talented women. Hopefully we have raised some awareness and funds for Wings of Hope. Thanks to all who made this possible. I had the best teammate and a wonderful journey.---BJC
Checked out of the hotel in Frederick. Good thing, too! We rammed the elevator on the 5th floor with the baggage cart trying to stop it from closing and ended up breaking the elevator!

The drive to BWI wasn't too bad. I dropped Bev off at the airport so she can catch her flight out to Chicago to celebrate her Mom's birthday. I'll pick her up tomorrow.

I'm out cruising around scoping out the Baltimore area. --TAC

Sunday, June 27, 2010

CONGRATS TEAM !!



Well congratulations are in order for Bev and Teresa. They were comsistently competitive throughout the race and place 16th overall out of 51 teams. The team brought home 3 leg prizes during the Sunday night banquet for a total of $90.

The prize money will happily help Wings of Hope continue their unending misson to provide sustainable self-sufficiency for the world's poorest of the poor. The charms will remain with the ladies as a tangible memory of their superb team effort.

Thanks to all for the fantastic support and generous donations of time, effort, maintenance, and CASH to literally help keep Classic 47 in the air. The ladies have taken special pride in their goal to educate the public and other racers about Wings of Hope and its worldwide mission.

We will continue to update daily until Classic 47 is back in Missouri and keep you informed of any pending news or pictures as they are uploaded by the team.

*BLOGMASTER*
And the winner is....
In winning order...

#11
#24
#55
#4
#19
#49
#17
#48
#30
#58

But check this out...
We, Classic #47, won 3 leg prizes:
Leg #1 4th place
Leg #3 2nd place
Leg #6 3rd place
All the results will be posted tonight on the ARC website.
--TAC