Cindy's Journal
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Cindy was having problems with her internet connection again, so this is an abbreviated log.  Hopefully she can fill in some of the blanks on Wednesday.  They flew Trixie from Oklahoma City to McCook, NE, did their fly-by, then continued on to airport number 2 in Denison, IA.  They had lunch there, then decided to head to the third stop, Jefferson City, MO.  I think they had a hard time convincing Trixie not to divert and head home :)
A couple of items I remember from our phone conversation: I don't remember which one, but one of these airports had a grass runway, and Cindy had a bit of trouble picking it out, so she was worried that her wings weren't exactly level when she did the fly-by!  But everything turned out ok.  Also, another plane was landing around the same time they were (again, I don't remember which airport!), and kept saying they didn't see Cindy and Evelyn, even though they should have been on the same path.  It turned out that the other plane landed on the wrong runway!  An FAA person just happened to be on the ground when they came in, and although he didn't give them too hard of a time, he did have them file a report.
At least one team has had to drop out because of mechanical problems, but so far Cindy and Evelyn aren't having any problems.
The girls before leaving Oklahoma City
and others lined up at the airport
A plane taking off...