EAA AirVenture 2013: AirVenture Cup Racers Arrive

Fred Harl and Carmelo Turdo

The 16th EAA AirVenture Cup Race was held Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Mount Vernon Outland Airport following a weekend Open House (see previous post on The Aero Experience).  The racers left Mount Vernon Sunday morning and many later arrived at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds in the afternoon.   The race was flown from Mount Vernon, IL to Waupaca, WI with turn points at Dixon, IL and Wisconsin Rapids, WI. (Racing Results). 

We present the scene as the racers arrived and parked in a special section of grass near the Homebuilts (see complete program here):

  

 

Rene Dugas in the #007 Turbine Legend

 

Lee Behel in the #5 Pereira GP 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Keith Phillips in the #10 Swearingen SX-300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Logan in the #18 Lancair Legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan Crawford in the #21 Lancair Legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Wilson in the #42 Swearingen SX-300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Bracken & Ernie Chauvin in the #50 Lancair Legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim & Gwenn Cianci in the #60 Swearingen SX-300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Anderson in the #39 F1 Rocket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Walljasper in the # 80 Seawind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jay Behel in the #4 Pereira GP-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brent Bourgeois in the #61 Velocity RG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Klaus Savier & Jenny Tackabury  in the #111 Long EZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jeff Mallia in the #46 Cozy III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rich & Heather Lamb in the #93 Long EZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Estu in the #115 Glasair I-TD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin Phelps & Joe Conlon in the #11 RV-7A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Barnes in the #411 RV-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Leif Johnson in the #25 Vari Ez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob & Elise Bennett in the #193 Beech S35