IFR CURRENCY

Obviously this race has been challenged by weather which is not all that unusual. What is unusual is that the weather won't go away. Typically Teresa enters the race with Instrument flying currency however this year due to the move to a new state, finding an instructor to take on her own plane was not successful.

So since the weather had a hole in it and the Hearts baby birds are Certified Flight Instructors, Teresa took the time to stay back in Nebraska with the Purple Archer and go ahead and re-up her IFR currency. It is the prudent thing to do especially since tomorrow's race will still have some weather challenges. The intention is NOT to fly IFR at all, however if it becomes a safety issue, the ladies will go ahead and use the option to avoid problems.

So the Hearts are in a familiar place, carrying up the trailing end of the field for one reason or another. Tomorrow morning the team plans on re-joining the others in Illinois however they will be one of the last teams to leave from that port as well since they will be one of the last to arrive.

Teresa and Denise extend a special THANK YOU to the baby birds for doing Teresa's Instrument Proficiency Check (IPR) and making sure Teresa was ready for the weather challenges ahead. It is this type of cooperation and 'sisterhood' which continues to define the Air Race Classic over its storied history.

-ed

Teresa became IFR current in Beatrice ... just in case