This is a picture of Linda delightedly giving the thumbs up after restarting the plane, testing the mic, and realizing that our new alternate noise filter installed is working!!
Barbara gets tired of schlepping everywhere and commandeers the golf cart - Kelly gets a ride.
After spending most of the day working on our airplane, Kelly and team Cool Beans start to feel like family, so Kelly brings his wife Liesl and beautiful 8 month old daughter Aurora to meet us!
We finish installing our breast cancer decals. We have to give a huge thank you to Steve Graves and Karen Wunch of Higher Graphics. Steve has done our race number decals for the last four years, and they are awesome. Sometimes we see other racers having difficulties with numbers peeling off, but we never have any trouble like that. This year, we asked him if we could do something to remember Theresa Dellaquila, our friend who died of breast cancer, and who we memorialize in our team name. Steve and Karen took this project to heart, and produced these beautiful decals. Karen designed them. They are pink and white and silver; they say "for Theresa"; and at the top is a little wing with the letters FGF in it, which Karen came up with and stands for Fly Girls Forever. All of us teared up when we first saw the design. The last few decals had to be shipped to us direct at the hotel. Karen and Steve, we really appreciate what you have done for us, for Theresa's memory!
The view from our hotel window - a rooftop wedding!
The evening event was held in the very same hangar where our plane spent the afternoon! But this time there was a swing band and great barbecue, and lots of old friends to catch up with, including some (Charissa Dyer-Kendler!) who we hadn't seen in at least 7 years!
Barbara finds her second baby of the day to hang out with! This one is Skyla, daughter of Amanda, a corporate pilot for John Deere and a lovely person that we got to know a bit. Skyla was very taken with Barbara (and everyone else who she met), and particularly enjoyed the dancing.
Didn't get to do our handicap flight today due to morning fog, afternoon low clouds and evening thunderstorms. But the evening was for the most part calm, and here is the flight line with our plane (#21) in the middle.
There are eleven collegiate teams this race, and here are a big group of them during the barbecue.
Joyce Wells finds an obliging partner to dance to the band music with!
