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country, she said there were other Another challenging factor competition or a non-competition operation at maximum engine flying the event solely for educa-
factors that contributed to this for- Bradshaw noted were the hot tem- class. Competition class includes speed. Non-competition class in- tion and experience. Both classes
midable flight experience that re- peratures. stock and modified stock, nor- cludes airplanes not qualifying in follow the same rules and enjoy
quired her to take all her training mally aspirated, piston-powered competition class per ARC rules, similar flying adventures over the
and apply it along the way. “Because you want your air- airplanes, rated for continuous and those teams are not racing, but 2,529-mile course.
plane to be fast, you lock every-
“Once in Virginia, I met up with thing up like the vents so there’s no Air Force photograph by Jet Fabara All entered airplanes are flown
my co-pilot who I’d never met until airflow. In some of the legs, we had for handicap speed before the start.
the race, which could’ve proven to bad headwinds so we stayed low to 461st Flight Test Squadron engineer Nancy Bradshaw works on the F-35 Teams then race their handicap
be interesting, since you’re flying the deck, so it definitely made for Joint Strike Fighter and is an Edwards Aero Club member and pilot. speed, trying to best their own top
with some you don’t know for a an uncomfortable flight.” speed from timing line to timing
long period of time in a small air- line. Once the first plane launches
craft. Despite this, she was a great At the end of it all, with race they have four days to fly all nine
co-pilot and without her the whole number 36, Bradshaw and Mixon race legs and to arrive and cross
race wouldn’t have gone as well as completed the course in just three the terminus finish line. Thorough
it did, since we were both first tim- days, placing 38th out of the 47 knowledge of the rules and route
ers in this race,” said Bradshaw. teams that finished. are critical to successful comple-
tion of the race.
“One of the biggest challenges “The return to base from
was also the time crunch involved Fairhope, Ala., took four days, Two current licensed women
with it all. You technically have including one day of visiting the pilots compromise a team. Pas-
four days to finish and we finished Grand Canyon, six airports, cov- sengers are allowed and they must
in three. We’d fly three legs in one ering 1,790 statute miles,” added be women pilots or student pilots.
day and at the end of the day you’re Bradshaw. “It was an epic flying This year, 56 teams were entered
exhausted, but you still have to adventure across the nation that in the race and 47 teams finished
plan for the next day. Even though not only allowed me to gain new the course, with women pilots
you do flight planning before the skills and become a more confident ranging in age from 18 to 88 years
whole thing happens, when you’re pilot, but allowed me to meet some old and who come from a wide va-
right then and there, you don’t great people at each stop along the riety of backgrounds.
know how many legs you’re going way.”
to do in one day, so you have to For more information about
take weather, fatigue and multiple The ARC is an annual VFR learning to fly at the Aero Club,
factors like tailwinds all into ac- (good weather) cross-country call 661-275-AERO.
count.” event flown by airplanes with at
least 100 horsepower and not more
than 600 horsepower in either a

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