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Published July 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

AirVenture Cup Race


Planes are lined up on the tarmac Friday afternoon.

  • Planes are lined up on the tarmac Friday afternoon.
  • Scott Gerlach, of Wright Brothers Aviation, fuels an RV-6A Friday.
  • The control panel in Robert Axsom’s airplane displays a warning for passengers.
  • Dick Keyt flies his Polen Special II Friday over the airport in Mitchell. Keyt’s plane is the fastest 4-cylinder engine vehicle in the world.
  • Brent Travis of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, looks over his RV-4 airplane. The letters TFL are written on Travis’ plane. “It means The Fifth Lady, because I have a wife, three daughters and a plane,” Travis said.
  • Jim and Jan Rodrain’s airplane, Defiant, sits on the runway of the Mitchell Regional Airport Friday in preparation for the Airventure Cup race on Sunday. The Rodrains’ plane is one of only 30 of its kind in the world and features two wooden propellers.
  • Pam Tackabury wipes down her and her husbands Paul’s airplane Friday. The plane’s top speed is 300 mph.