The ladies enjoyed a banquet in the evening with their fellow racers. The location of the race in Sweetwater, TX was chosen since that was the service post for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II. So the 'male' pilots could go off to fly missions overseas, the often unheralded mission of the WASPs was to fly any and every kind of war aircraft to wherever and whenever they were needed. An often un-glamorous and thankless task, these tough amazing women loved to fly and thus their legend was born and lives on in the spirit of this year's race. -ed
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The kick-off informal banquet
The Kick-off cake 42nd Race 2018 |
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| WASPs in Sweetwater, Texas |
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