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6 Desert Wings July 10, 2015
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Air Force photograph by Jet Fabara
renceville, Ill.; Kirksville, Mo., Union City,
Tenn.; Gadsden, Ala.; with the terminus in
Fairhope, Ala.

“I’ve always wanted to fly in this air race
and since the Aero Club is located on base
not far from my work place, I wanted to
start my training here. Since I also want to
be a flight instructor and I’ve done all my
flight training here in the Antelope Valley, I
know everything about flying in nice Cali-
fornia weather and the Los Angeles Basin,
but nothing about the rest of the country,”
Bradshaw said. “This race was a perfect
opportunity to actually fly to the other side
of the country and experience everything
else in between, especially when it came to
weather. There was a lot of bad weather I en-
countered along the way and things we nor-
mally don’t see on this side of the country.”

Although Bradshaw noted that the race
was truly one of the most intense and chal-
lenging flying experiences she’s had, she
said getting there was equally challenging.

“First, I had to f ly solo from Edwards
AFB across the country to the start line in
Fredericksburg, which was a really great
experience to be flying solo in the aircraft
because you normally fly with someone. It
took six days due to less-than-ideal weather
conditions, stopping at 10 airports and fly-
ing a total of 2,384.42 statute miles. I was
extremely thankful that I received my in-
strument rating here because it really paid
off during the trip because I had to fly actual
instrument time by myself.

In addition to the challenge of flying cross

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