FLYING FOR THE FINISH LINE : ROSAMOND WOMEN PLOTTING A COURSE FOR OREGON IN AIR RACE.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Three Rosamond women will climb into the cockpits of their single-engine, 165-mph Grumman Tigers Grumman Tiger may refer to:
The 27th annual Palms to Pines race - which includes an overnight stop at Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. - requires accurate navigation, weather knowledge and well coordinated teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. , the fliers said. ``We're hoping to place somewhere,'' said Connie Trippensee, who is competing in her first Palms to Pines. ``The airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. is very capable of doing it. The airplane is capable of placing in the top 10.'' About 45 airplanes will race from the Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica Airport (IATA: SMO, ICAO: KSMO, FAA LID: SMO), also known as Santa Monica Municipal Airport, is a general aviation airport located in the heart of the residential community of Santa Monica, California, United States. to an airport at Bend, Ore., for fun and a piece of $500 in prize money. The two-day race will feature pilots from six Western states. Connie Trippensee will fly with Patricia McDuffee. Elle Coussens, who has flown the race before, will team with navigator Susan Larson, who lives out of the area. All members of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley chapter of the Ninety-Nines, a women pilots organization, the trio left Thursday from the Rosamond Skypark to prepare for the start of the air race. They said they decided to compete because they heard other club members talk about the race, and thought it would be fun, McDuffee and Trippensee said. The race starts at 10 a.m. today and will include timed flybys at Modesto and Red Bluff before the teams stop at Redding for the night. The race ends at noon Saturday at Bend, Ore. The first five finishers will divide the $500 prize money and receive trophies. Trophies will go to the sixth- through 10th-place finishers. To test their teamwork, Trippensee and McDuffee made a recent flight to Visalia. ``When you fly, there is a red line on the rpm gauge you try to avoid. When you race, it's up to the fire wall,'' Trippensee said. ``I wanted to see how comfortable I was.'' Trippensee will be serve as pilot and McDuffee will be the co-pilot. ``My job is to keep her on course and keep her up on what frequencies we're using,'' McDuffee said. All of the airplanes are regular stock aircraft with engines ranging from 100 to 600 horsepower horsepower, unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. . The airplanes will be handicapped based on speed capability, McDuffee said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--Color) The teams of Patricia McDuffee, left,and Connie Trippensee and Elle Coussens and Susan Larson get ready to depart for Santa Monica. (2--Color) Friends of the contestants see them off at Rosamond Skypark. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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