LOCAL WOMAN PILOT TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL ALL-WOMEN CROSS-COUNTRY AIRPLANE RACE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2017 Contact: Lin Caywood 301-471-9103 Lin.caywood@gmail.com LOCAL WOMAN PILOT TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL ALL-WOMEN CROSS-COUNTRY AIRPLANE RACE Lin Caywood flying for 7th time in Air Race Classic, oldest air race of its kind Frederick, MD – Lin Caywood , a well-known local pilot, will take to the skies from June 20 to 23, 2017, in the 41 st Air Race Classic (ARC), the oldest airplane race of its kind in the United States. She will be one of more than 112 women pilots from around the country and the world competing in this year's race, which begins in Frederick, MD, and ends in Santa Fe, NM. This is the sixth year that Ms. Caywood has piloted her “Team 12 – Freakin Awesome” plane in the race and her seventh race overall. This historic contest traces its roots to the 1929 Women's Air Derby, aka the Powder Puff Derby, in which Amelia Earhart and 19 other daring female pilots raced from Santa Monica, CA, to Cleveland, OH. That
