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Dr. Henry A. PunziPhysician/ResearcherDenton, TXBill VorderbruggenRetired Airline PilotDenton, TXTerese BartaCollege ProfessorStevens Point, WIJeremy BeaudryStudentStevens Point, WIRace 11Mooney M20C 180 hp“The Comie Joe”Pilot: Dr. Henry A. Punzi—500 hrs, SELCo-Pilot: Bill Vorderbruggen—19,600 hrs, ATP, CFII, MELThis team of rookie racers is certainly no rookieswhen it comes to flying and to competition.Henry joined the Civil Air Patrol at 16 because heloved flying but then moved to South America to playprofessional soccer and complete his medical degree.After returning to Dallas, he rekindled the desire to flyand got his license in 2002. He flies for pleasure andbusiness. Henry says he is very interested in air racingand is excited about flying this year’s events. Soundslike we have a new racer in our midst!Bill has always had a love of aviation and took his firstflying lesson in 1958. He retired as an airline captain in1997. For the past 20 years he has co-owned a Cessna172 which he flies regularly. Henry and Bill are friendsand neighbors and will be a great racing team.In 2005 things didn’t work out for this team when amechanical problem grounded them from starting therace. Then with Hurricane Rita bearing down on Texas,they decided to try for better luck in 2006 but werethwarted by weather again. They may not have racedwith us yet, but they are smart enough to have chosenone of the easiest numbers to put on a plane. We hopethese fast learners have a great time this year.33Race 121967 Piper Cherokee 140 150 hpSponsor: River Cities AivationPilot: Terese Barta—150 hrs, AESLCo-Pilot: Jeremy Beaudry—200 hrs, ASELAt age 46, Terese Barta is a relative newcomer to flyingand air races. In 2006 she got her private license‘moments’ before the Wisconsin 300 Air Race and sheand Jeremy then successfully completed the race withzero penalties. She receives encouragement in her newpassion from her brother, who is a navy pilot, as well asother family members. Terese flies because she loves totake on new challenges and is inspired by the rich historyof women in aviation. So, of course she is a memberof the Ninety-Nines, the international women’s pilot organization.After earning her private pilot certificate, hergoal is to pursue aerobatic training.Jeremy got his first airplane ride from his grandfather,Jim, at the age of three months—in a Skyhawk that is stillbased in Stevens Point and has loved aviation for as longas he can remember. He built his first RC model at age13. He soloed a C-172 in 1997 at a small Minnesota airportand took the private checkride in Wisconsin in 2004.Jeremy is currently working on an instrument rating. Heis the Secretary of the Stevens Point Pilots Association,a member of the CAP, works part time for the local FBO,does part time construction, auto repairs, computer help,and many widely varied hobbies and he is a Business studentat the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point.