Post by Pugsley on Mar 15, 2005 5:56:57 GMT
(Flying in support of Ramy Brooks (#15)
As Ramy was well supplied and burning up the trail, I saw no real reason to hurry along - after all, he was likely to blow by Shaktoolik and make directly for Koyuk. So after running a few errands for the race officials, I prepped the Beaver at about 1330 and took off at 1345 AST.
I overflew the Shaktoolik checkpoint and then kept going. I kept my fingers crossed that he wouldn't drop a dog on the way, or I'd have to head back and pick him up. Just in case, I radioed the officials and made a quick status check - Ramy had already checked out of Shaktoolik. No dogs dropped. Whew! What a race this was turning out to be!
I landed at the Koyuk Checkpoint at approximately 1420 and shut her down. Another day in the life of an Iditarod Air Force Pilot.
Submitted respectfully from the Iditarod Trail,
As Ramy was well supplied and burning up the trail, I saw no real reason to hurry along - after all, he was likely to blow by Shaktoolik and make directly for Koyuk. So after running a few errands for the race officials, I prepped the Beaver at about 1330 and took off at 1345 AST.
I overflew the Shaktoolik checkpoint and then kept going. I kept my fingers crossed that he wouldn't drop a dog on the way, or I'd have to head back and pick him up. Just in case, I radioed the officials and made a quick status check - Ramy had already checked out of Shaktoolik. No dogs dropped. Whew! What a race this was turning out to be!
I landed at the Koyuk Checkpoint at approximately 1420 and shut her down. Another day in the life of an Iditarod Air Force Pilot.
Submitted respectfully from the Iditarod Trail,