The first plane in the 30th annual Air Race Classic "Firewalled" it to Lawrence from Ada, Oklahoma. The plane touched down in Wednesday morning.
Carol Foy, of Spicewood, Tex., left, calls the team's weather watcher as Gretchen Jahn of Kerrville, Tx. checks the forecast on a computer at the Lawrence Airport. The pair were the first to land in Lawrence.
Carol Foy, 49, of Spicewood, Texas, left, and Gretchen Jahn, 54, of Kerrville, Texas, greet Ed Frost from Winchester, Ill. Foy and Jahn "firewalled" it to Lawrence from Ada, Okla., and were the first ones to land around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Lawrence.
Pilot Courtney Hedlund, 24, of Kalamazoo, Mich., wipes the bugs off the plane's wing while Leslie Ann Treppa, 24, Kalamazoo, Mich., makes a call. Both team members of the Western Michigan University plane were the second to land in Lawrence.
Racers Carol Foy and Gretchen Jahn give thumbs-up to friend Ed Frost after landing at Lawrence Municipal Airport.
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