They flew it in the Airventure Cup Race from Mitchell, SD
Which event did they show up for? Is that gonna be a regular operation??....never seen it fly???
I took this photo on the ramp at the airport at Mitchell late Saturday afternoon on July 21, the day before the race to Oshkosh. Here are the results published at
www.sportairrace.org:
Results By Time:
Race # Aircraft Pilot Total Time Speed MPH
T Lancair IV Paul & Pam Tackabury 1:15:19 359.11
5 Lancair Legacy Lee Behel 1:20:29 336.06
9 Questair Venture Tony Crawford 1:24:08 321.48
31 Polen Special II Dick Keyt 1:24:12 321.22
35 SX-300 Michael & Jane Smith 1:24:36 319.70
52 Lancair Legacy Jim Thomas & Rebecca Miller-Cripps 1:25:26 316.58
10 SX-300 Keith Phillips & Bob Terry 1:29:55 300.80
60 SX-300 James Cianci Jr. & Nicole Allison 1:32:23 292.77
24 Boomerang Tres Clements 1:35:22 283.61
91 Glasair I TD Bruce Hammer 1:36:27 280.42
540 Glasair III Scott Gusakov 1:38:28 274.68
111 Long-EZ Klaus Savier & Jenny Tackabury 1:38:48 273.75
73 Glasair I TD Steve Hammer 1:41:26 266.65
334 Venture Dan McElroy & Tom Dollmeyer 1:42:10 264.73
38 Lancair 360 Mark Quinn 1:42:49 263.06
17 RV-8 R. Damon Ring 1:50:32 244.69
139 F-1 Rocket John Andersen 1:50:39 244.44
TF RV-4 Brent Travis 1:52:49 239.74
46 Cozy Mk III Jeff Mallia 1:53:55 237.43
21 Defiant Harry Manvel 1:55:10 234.85
12 RV-8 Alan Carroll 1:56:02 233.10
93 Long-EZ Rich Lamb & Steve Silder 1:56:16 232.63
212 Long-EZ Curtis Martin & David Fife 1:56:20 232.49
771 RV-7 Stephen & Melissia Christopher 1:56:21 232.46
411 RV-6 Jeff Barnes 1:59:36 226.14
71 RV-6A Robert Axsom 2:00:22 224.70
403 Defiant Jim & Jan Rodrian 2:01:10 223.22
96 RV-4 Doug & Kathy Shoup 2:01:35 222.46
83 Long-EZ David Adams 2:02:07 221.48
22 Quickie Q-200 Sam Hoskins 2:03:38 218.77
57 Defiant Stephen & Jo Anne Sorenson 2:03:40 218.71
77 Beech N35 Bonanza James Huff & William Pappas 2:05:49 214.97
6 Twin Comanche Sal 2:11:34 205.58
64 Sonerai I Jeff Lange 1:10:54 200.96
80 Seawind 3000 Keith Walljasper & Dana Walljasper 2:21:08 191.64
8 RV-7 John Mullaney & David Henning 1:29:01 189.05
112 Grumman Tiger Stuart Morse 2:26:45 184.31
3 Beech C35 Bonanza Howard Hurlbut & Larry Schleinat 2:29:14 181.24
55 Grumman AA-5A Team Ely 2:36:36 172.71
332 Diamond DA-20 Steve Applebaum 2:37:21 171.89
19 Taylorcraft BC-12 Carri Hoagland 2:05:33 119.36
15 Rans S-12S Ken Whyte 2:25:33 96.33
That is also the only race where the three defiant "push pull" twins raced. It is my high point race of the year even though I made a configuration choice mistake this year (longer wing tip tanks - 3 kts). They are starting to talk about it from a planning point of view. Eric Whyte is the grand master forever over the event and he sent out a message to the SARL Yahoo Group Website. Typically the race would be from Dayton, Ohio next year but there is no certainty about there being a 2013 AirVenture Cup Race - Always a problem - money, potitics, insurance... They struggle every year. I believe the EAA has totally backed away from it but I do not know that for a fact.
Bob Axsom