The screen shows a photograph of the first Women's Air Derby held in 1929, also known as the Powder Puff Derby.
Instructions for the First Day of the Race
On Day One, wake up early because we are nervous, and then fly really fast to our destinations, the first, Brookings, South Dakota.
We do not have to land if we do not need to re-fuel, so we fly three hundred feet over the volunteers in charge of the timing. At the timing line over the runway, shown in red, we stop our stopwatches. We do need to announce to the timers at the airport whether we will continue or land. If we continue, we fly by again to start the time for the next leg. Our aircraft have numbers under the wings so that the timers can identify the racers.
"It may take a village to raise the children, but it takes a battalion to run a race," said Marolyn, race chair. She praised the volunteers and the board, and made the racers aware of the large network behind the scenes. All destination airports are ready, control towers are ready, and military operations will stand down through the parts of the United States the racers will fly. Though the military and the towers will accommodate the racers, "There in nothing that excludes the racers from following the Federal Aviation Regulations. Nothing," said Denise.
"There is no question that is too dumb except the question that is not asked," said Gretchen. "And drink water. My doctor used to say that if his urine was not the color of gin, then he was not drinking enough."
"Sleep, food, and water are critical," said Denise.
A racer from the past who lives in New Zealand wished us fair skies and favorable winds, race hard and fly safe.
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