It's dark and quiet in our room, and I'm sitting on my bed in the glow of my computer screen. Lynn is asleep with ARC dreams dancing in her head (I hope). She seems to be sleeping well with no tossing and turning.
I, on the other hand, cannot fall asleep quite yet. The night before race launch is kind of like Christmas Eve. Oh, the possibilities are limitless. For now, we all feel like winners. We're all thinking about what the next 9 race legs will bring...what will the weather bring - tail winds and good weather, hopefully. But no matter what, we will all fly our best, learn from our efforts, and form long-lasting bonds and friendships with this special group of women who come together each year for this race.
Our gear is all packed and ready to go. The electronics are all charging up around the room in their outlets. Our flight bags are packed. The alarm is set. In a few hours, we'll be loading the car, catching our All Racers Breakfast and Final Weather Briefing together. Then it's a race to the airport - turn in the rental car, load the plane, preflight, and get ready to START YOUR ENGINES! 40+ planes will be taxiing out to the runway to launch 1-by-1 thirty seconds apart...
I hope to get out to the airport early enough to snap some pictures of the planes all lined up on the ramp with pilots racing around to preflight and launch. It's a sight...
Time to turn the light out and drift off to my ARC dreams...I'll be flying our first race leg from Pasco WA (PSC) to Mountain Home ID (U76) with a top speed flyby at P & R Field (ID26) just 200 ft above the ground down a little private runway that's 2600 ft long by 24 ft wide...Classic Racer 26 is Approaching Flyby...zzzzzz....
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