Well - today at noon was official race day. We could not sleep so we were up early, had breakfast, got a ride to the airport to wait for the noon start. Some people decided not to be in the gaggle but we we were up for it so we taxied out in number order. There was a bit of a crosswind - we were in Kansas after all - and the Maule wanted to depart into the wind - what a novel idea :) What fun to watch her big tires. There were great tailwinds and we debated if we wanted to fly-by to continue when we got to Great Bend but decided it was prudent to stop and re-fuel rather than worry about landing with fumes. It was a good decision because it was hot and the engine was not happy, so we gave her more fuel - plus there was more wind than forecasted - imagine that.
It was so hot in Texas - a record high 105 degrees. As green as Kansas was - Texas it that brown. I think they had a quarter inch of rain since January and it shows.
We are here in Borger, Texas for the night with a pick-up at 5:30 AM to try to get out before things heat up - the overnight low is going to be 73 degrees.
We will keep you posted!!!
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| The airport puppies looking wistfully for a hand out |
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| A few of the volunteers at Alliance, NE |
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| Can we go yet??? |
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| Some last minute flight planning |
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| One really big fan |
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