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A better looking start to today - sun shining ! -, we will be looking for
a window for tasking.
Sunday
Day cancelled. Very large crowd here to see a fair sized airshow. Graham
and David have volunteered to participate in a 20 glider "demonstration "
flight as part of the show. Good stuff.
Sunday 10th August
John 4th yesterday, Graham 29th and David 33rd.
Second in Open Class yesterday was Alena Netusilova. She was flying an
ASG-29
Cool and overcast this morning. Expect day to be cancelled.
Saturday 9th August
John has started. Sky improving. Graham and David 45km from second turn
point.
1315 Graham and David have started. 18m gate open, Open Class back to
Task B
15m gate is open. 372km AST. Some cloud spreading , needs to burn off.
18m task 370km AST
Cool with some high cloud. Gridding has commenced
Friday 8th
Afternoon thunderstorms, rain and wind gusts to 30/35kts. expected. Day
cancelled.
7th August.
Weather deteriorated during tasks. Only 2 18m gliders finished, and no
15m gliders made it back. Distance points for all.
Thursday 7th August.
Looks a good day today, with 406km for 15m and 413km for 18m Class.
6th August. Day cancelled at 1600
1430 Task B for 15m and Open. 1hr 45 AAT
Wed 6th. 1315. 18m Class cancelled. 1415 next call.
6th August 1110
Complete overcast with a slow moving front. The weather is officially
"very tricky". Once again we are waiting for a soarable window, which is
forecast to arrive between 1200 and 1400. 2 hour AAT has been set for 15m
Class, and 1.45 hour for 18m, who are last on the grid today.
5th August 1115hrs
The weather is somewhat better, but the expected wind abatement has not
occurred. Launch has just started, with 420km racing task for 15m and 492km
racing task for 18m.
5th August
A day of highs and lows for Australia yesterday ;
.. John had a technical outlanding on the first leg of a day of high
winds, 25 to 30 kts, and rapid cycling, ie a high risk day.
.. David and Graham did very well to come 5th and 8th respectively. All
results still preliminary.
.. last night we had the Aussie Team party at the field. It was a low
budget affair and outstandingly successful. All the Team attended, with
major assistance from Beryl Hartley and her local friend Hans in organising
the catering details. Easily several hundred pilots and crews attended. We
all wore our shirts promoting the bid for Narromine for the Worlds for 2012.
Their were many questions and much interest. We can be sure it is known here
that Australia is bidding. It was a good night.
4th August
Preliminary results from yesterday indicate the difficulty
of the day.
In 18m only 15 of 50 gliders returned. John was one of
those and is 3rd for the day, on 542 points compared with winners 550.
Graham and David in a bunched field are 28-29th on 489 of
the winners 623.
Weather today has given us rain this morning. There is a
chance of a task window this arvo.
3rd August 1330
A 2hr AAT for 15m and 317km AST for 18m. Cloud base
at Luesse,4200ft.
Sunday 3rd August
First comp day with cool overcast weather.
Friday 1st August
Graham and David at equal 5th, and John at 18th for
the second Practice day is a solid result, and with the organisation finally
agreeing that they have no further paperwork demands of us, we are just
about ready to go. John still has some fine tuning to complete on his
glider.
Official Opening Ceremony tomorrow attended by our
Ambassador to Germany Ian Kemish and his wife.
31st July
1300.
Launch commenced on a
conservative AAT. Good discussion with Ingo this
morning.
31st July
A quiet working day yesterday with a promising day indicated early today. My first Team Captain's meeting was an experience ! Enough said.
Ingo Renner arrived un-announced yesterday, and he has kindly agreed to
spend some time with our pilots after Briefing for the next few days.
30th July
1330 Day cancelled.
Overcast this morning with the possibility of a small 2 hr AAT on the
second practice day.
Yesterday the pilots all completed the practice AAT with no problems.
29th July
1200. The first official practice day. John has some issues with his
batteries in the 29. David and Graham are ready to go.
A hot blue day is forecast.
28th July
The team is busy putting up the base station
aerial and getting the team container organised. The pilots are all having a day
off in preparation for the days ahead.
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AUSTRALIAN GLIDING TEAM
