Baby Birds earn their WINGS!

With the Purple Heart Plane on 10 hour watch back at HFD, that leaves us time to spread out and seek out additional adventures. Denise is heading to the terminus in Santa Fe by way of hitching a ride as a co-pilot with a fellow 99 racer Mary-Ann going direct in her Cessna 172.

We have been following the Purple Heart's baby bird first time racers Team #56 as they proceed through the race and encouraging them on. After the first couple of fly-bys the early race jitters are now gone when we caught up with them in Decorah, IA. The young team seemed very capable as they purposely chose to surf some favorable tailwinds into Iowa and pushed the Cirrus ground speed over 200 miles per hour easily out-pacing other more capable aircraft.

The Lady Buckeyes have clearly learned their craft quickly and are beginning to appreciate the subtle tweaks which get the maximum performance  out of the aircraft. The team seemed happy and enthusiastic though they did have to stay down in Bemidji overnight due to some weird weather brewing across Iowa. All in all however, clearly the ladies have clearly earned their racing wings and have made both their Ohio State and Purple Heart fans VERY proud!

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