We WON 24th place and two individual leg prizes!

Tonight we had the final results banquet and out of the forty plus teams that started, we did not come in last and we did not have any penalties (ex. landing light out, flyover altitude off, etc).

  Sweet.  We Rock.

 In addition to being presented these individual medals for placing third and second in certain legs of the race, we also won cash prizes too. We won enough money to buy eleven gallons of av gas, or a few hours in a hotel room, or seven cans of lubricant to get the starter to work the next time it decides to KRAP (the airport identifier for Rapid City Airport) out.

 

The last matching outfit for the year. No pilot outfit would be complete without the flying scarf!

 

 

 

Heather and Moe were joined by the Big Randy Man (Heather's husband). He airlined out to join us and help celebrate our huge win. He and Heather will fly the Piper Dakota back to Nevada, while Moe will hop on an airline so that she can go back to work on Tuesday. She may want to cut out the booze and wake up first.

 

 

 

RECAP

 

Here's Heather with Little Sparky (Chevy Spark). 

It's just like a clown car in the circus and just as much fun to drive.

Our Mama Bird, Pam Rudolph. Was a first time racer last year and won 7th this year. We took notes.

Heather's planned hotel rooms in advance of the start. They all were cancelled due to hanging out in Oregon for two days. Note the rain drops...

A typical flyby. Totally fun to fly 200 feet off the ground down the runway. Makes normal landing patterns boring.

Notes from a typical flight briefing. Moe writes in pink, Heather writes in black. I think we should have Moe take the flight briefing notes from now on.

Notice the Wyoming comment up in the top right corner.

We're racing. And look we're beating them!

The Black Hills of South Dakota. One of the amazing views on this trip.  And then a dive bomb into Spearfish airport!

This image includes 3 very different sky conditions.  Cumulous clouds, mud moisture (common up in these parts we were told), and streamlined bugs on the window (that's the dark streaks).

Big thanks to Paul at Pheasants Fury Aviation for hangaring our plane and keeping it safe from the mean, beating, lightning throwing, hail striking thunderstorms.

We all received a plaque with the race route for 2013

 

Our Mama Bird Family, Team #27. They (we) have invited us to visit them in Lake Havasu