AsSusan, Christy and Bee are busy racing, I will give you a quick update on information I have to this point. They left Arapahoe airport in Denver and overflew their first checkpoint at Liberal KS on to a reported silky smooth landing at Sweetwater TX. As soon as the cockpit opened, they were instant celebrities with Bee Haydu returning to her WASP airbase at Avenger Field there! Traffic was a bit congested but hospitality was great and the WASP museum's personnel there did a great job of making everybody feel welcome.
The next long leg was flown at low altitude to Lufkin TX in moderate turbulence and scorching temperatures. The crew was feeling like they were in a paint mixer at Home Depot! They had covered 1100 miles the first day and chose to call it enough for that day. Night would be upon them soon.
An early start this morning had them over fly the checkpoint at Russelville AR and land at Grenada MS for fuel. They are currently enroute to Sparta TN for a fuel stop and will evaluate weather for the decision to continue to Jacksonville IL for the night. The DA-40XL is running great and on one leg they passed just about everybody! Spirits are good and we appreciate the media and financial contributions many of you are giving for our project to honor the WASP.
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P.S. The race team has covered about 1600 miles so far. The flight following site is down, so we will try to keep you updated by blog!
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