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Race Day One: Wowza
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The day started off with less than ideal weather. All the racers woke up for breakfast and a briefing where our start was delayed for an hour.
Catching a ride to our plane on a golf-cart
We headed to the airport to preflight and pull our planes out of the grass onto pavement. Since it had rained the night before the field was soaked and therefore our shoes ended up waterlogged. 

 After some more delays due to low ceilings and IFR weather on the route, the race officials cancelled our legs to LaGrange, GA and Hattiesburg, MS. We were sad about not being able to stop at these places as the volunteers work hard to help the event run smoothly, but the race must go on and go on it did at noon CDT direct to Saline County, Arkansas.

 The first flyby is always as busy as a beehive, so we kept our eyes outside and ears listening as we set up for the flyby.
A plane landing and one taxiing
 We stopped for fuel at SUZ (Saline County) and everyone was very welcoming.

They made some chalk-art that read "Welcome Racers SUZ" along with many other amenities.
Soon we departed to the next airport to try to beat some weather coming in the next day.



It was a nice smooth flight to the next destination LXT (Lee's Summit, MO).

This flyby was much less chaotic and soon we were on the ground greeted by volunteers and some Purdue alumni.

We cleaned the plane some more and got everything in order for the next day.

Stay tuned for the next day of adventures for Classic Racer #16

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