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Female Team to Participate in "The Great AIR Race"
13 Days, 10,000 Miles, 100 Hours
| Source: The Great Air Race
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - July 18, 2007) - Beginning August 5th, a team of female
pilots -- Team Skychick -- will participate in an unparalleled air race
which will pit 50 teams against each other flying through 35 states,
touching all four corners of the US.
The race will last 13 days, cover 10,000 miles and require 100 hours of
flight time. Participants are racing in many different types of certified
and experimental aircraft. Dubbed "The Great Air Race," this event will
become a 13-week reality television series filmed by Papillon Productions.
Daniel E. Diaz, a Latin American writer/producer of true life dramas, and
Director Donna Brown set out to create a race like no other with $1 Million
in cash and prizes. Notably the longest air race in US history, pilots will
compete both in the air and on the ground and be presented with real risks
and unprecedented challenges.
Team Skyckick is an all-female team consisting of pilot Ramona Cox, aka
SKYCHICK, and co-pilot Pia Bergqvist. Both are aircraft owners and their
love for aviation and adventure led them to enter the race. "Unlike many of
our competitors, we have never air-raced," said Cox. "We will be competing
against top racers and even military jet pilots."
Cox is well-known among aviators for "adventure flying" where she flies
solo into remote airstrips and camps among the moose and bear. Through air
show seminars and her website, www.skychick.com, Cox shares her photographs
and tales of adventure encouraging others to pursue their passions and live
their dreams.
Having lost her mother to cancer at 10, Ramona uses aviation to raise money
for the Wellness Community -- a cancer support group. She also
participates in school programs introducing kids to flight. "I'm 5 feet
tall, so many of the children are taller than me," Cox said. "I know they
are thinking, if SHE can do it, I can do it. I love their enthusiasm, and
hope that my words of encouragement can make a difference in their future."
Bergqvist shares Cox's love for adventure and has flown extensively in
single engine aircraft through Alaska, Mexico and all corners of the United
States. She is a flight instructor and aviation journalist.
For information regarding the race, visit www.thegreatairrace.com