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Jan Squillace and I will be flying my Piper Dakota in the 39th Annual Air Race Classic, an intense, all-woman, air race which will take place June 22-25, 2015. We’ll be known as Team #23, the Blue Sky Racers.
How you can be involved:
Many of you have said that you’d like to be in the airplane with us but, unfortunately, we can’t take any passengers. However, you can be a part of our team by helping us with the race expenses. Any amount, small or large, will help the Blue Sky Racers. For example:
One gallon of fuel - $7 (we’ll probably use 500 gallons)
One hour of fuel - $140
Fuel for one leg - $388 (9 legs)
Meals for one day - $30
Lodging for one night - $125
Race registration - $1,180
Race-specific aircraft maintenance - $1,000
Our goal is to raise $5,000. Any funds in excess of this amount will be donated to Aviation Adventures, Inc., (http://www.aviationadventures.org/home) a 501-c-3, non-profit organization that provides aviation education and career development for disadvantaged youth. Aviation Adventures provides STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs emphasizing aviation as a fun way of learning, and enhances self-esteem, team building, and leadership training.
Thank you for your support and for joining the Blue Sky Racers’ team for the 2015 Air Race Classic!
About the race:
This year’s 2,529 statute mile race will begin in Fredericksburg, VA with stops in Hickory, NC, Connellsville, PA, Jeffersonville, IN, Kalamazoo, MI, Lawrenceville, IL, Kirksville, MO, Union City, TN, and Gadsden, AL with the terminus in Fairhope, AL.
The first race, originally called the Women’s Air Derby, took place in 1929 and included a field of 20 women pilots that included Amelia Earhart and was won by Louise Thaden. That race flew from Santa Monica, CA to the Cleveland Air Races in Ohio. The Air Race Classic is the longest running air race in the USA.
This year, 53 teams, each comprised of two licensed women pilots, are entered in the race. The pilots come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The race involves ten days of events (aircraft inspections, safety courses and briefings, preflight preparations and post-flight debriefings), but once the first plane launches in Virginia, the racers have just 4 days to fly all 9 race legs and cross the finish line in Alabama. Thorough knowledge of the rules, route, and weather – and a bit of luck – are critical to the successful completion of the race!
How you can be involved:
Many of you have said that you’d like to be in the airplane with us but, unfortunately, we can’t take any passengers. However, you can be a part of our team by helping us with the race expenses. Any amount, small or large, will help the Blue Sky Racers. For example:
One gallon of fuel - $7 (we’ll probably use 500 gallons)
One hour of fuel - $140
Fuel for one leg - $388 (9 legs)
Meals for one day - $30
Lodging for one night - $125
Race registration - $1,180
Race-specific aircraft maintenance - $1,000
Our goal is to raise $5,000. Any funds in excess of this amount will be donated to Aviation Adventures, Inc., (http://www.aviationadventures.org/home) a 501-c-3, non-profit organization that provides aviation education and career development for disadvantaged youth. Aviation Adventures provides STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs emphasizing aviation as a fun way of learning, and enhances self-esteem, team building, and leadership training.
Thank you for your support and for joining the Blue Sky Racers’ team for the 2015 Air Race Classic!
About the race:
This year’s 2,529 statute mile race will begin in Fredericksburg, VA with stops in Hickory, NC, Connellsville, PA, Jeffersonville, IN, Kalamazoo, MI, Lawrenceville, IL, Kirksville, MO, Union City, TN, and Gadsden, AL with the terminus in Fairhope, AL.
The first race, originally called the Women’s Air Derby, took place in 1929 and included a field of 20 women pilots that included Amelia Earhart and was won by Louise Thaden. That race flew from Santa Monica, CA to the Cleveland Air Races in Ohio. The Air Race Classic is the longest running air race in the USA.
This year, 53 teams, each comprised of two licensed women pilots, are entered in the race. The pilots come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The race involves ten days of events (aircraft inspections, safety courses and briefings, preflight preparations and post-flight debriefings), but once the first plane launches in Virginia, the racers have just 4 days to fly all 9 race legs and cross the finish line in Alabama. Thorough knowledge of the rules, route, and weather – and a bit of luck – are critical to the successful completion of the race!