LAST FLYING DAY !!!!!!! Number 10 out of 12!!!! GOOD !!!!!! Updated during the day !!!
9 AM. Blue skies a pretty warm sun and a very nice cool breeze, as far as cool is cool here.
Good morning!!!!!
Hope it is a good morning for all as some I guess will be worn out after a late retrieve.
I hear some are retrieved NOW as I write. Arnie is already doing 3 !!!!!
Stories about the retrieves later, as everybody is very busy except for those who cam back home yesterday.
The BBQ party still had some people when I left the field yesterday evening and I am sure even more when I was in bed sound a sleep.
What a day yesterday!!!!!!
Going on track 10 minutes later then the very first pilots did in St class, resulted in a finish about 2 hours later for those who made it home.
A great day for the Polish pilots and UK pilots. Mateusz ,Jacek both 932 points and Matt with 930 flew with a speed of 138 km./h.over the 392 km.
The other 5 finishers ended all on spot 4 with 860 daily points.
The rest unfortunately was OUT but some pretty close; between 334 km. and what a pity for the young Danish pilot Simon just 5 k out, but still good in the points with 848 .
The overall scores on the last day look like this at THIS stage with the last day about to begin;
Aussie Matthew with 8.172 points, runner up Dutch Robin with 7.892 and German Sebastian with 7.750.
AND,…it’s only OVER when everybody has finished on this day and is accounted for.
In club class only USA pilot Boyd finished and got and most truly deserved the 1000 points.The runner up Simon [SM] from Germany just missed out on 5 km. but still got 955 points.
Boyd moved from 9 to 5 overall and there are still possibilities for a few in this class as some might go for the ALL OR NOTHING.
Boyd explaining with hands and feet HOW he did it, looking with Tony and Adam with some kind of disbelieve at what just happened, congratulations from TC John and a special happy-chappie-dance by Boyd and Matt.
Got these pictures from Patrick from TEAM USA. Thanks Patrick.
Off to briefing now MORE later.
10.30 PM.
Briefing is over, tasks have been delivered and though some looked tired , they seem all ready for the last day of this outstanding JWGC.
I was pleased to be part of the best day, last Thursday and the worst one, yesterday.
I’ll take you trough the briefing:
—first of all there was a raffle with names from the pilots in a hat . One would win an OUDI IGC system from over 1000 dollar a t- shirt and cap. A loud YES, a visibly and” hearable ” very happy Jakub from Poland nearly danced up front to get his prize.
AL SIM from GO SOARING was the sponsor. They are also the dealers for NAVITER here in Australia. They sponsor junior gliding already for a long long time, which is appreciated by ALL. Also by me!!!
Picture from Jakub and Al shared on FB by the organizers.
—the honorable mention was ALL pilots who finished yesterday.
—the daily winners were cheered on ,specially Boyd who got a long applause.
—the best height of the day yesterday was ;over 13.000 ft by LG/the biggest lift by SO 7.4 kts.
—the Safety Minute by Lisa was used by saying THANK YOU for the VERY high standard of flying by the young ones. She had seen worse at other comps. She reminded the pilots to drink enough and to maintain this level today.A day on which some might be more tired than other days.
—Jenny with the weather, mentioned that the cold front had moved to the NW and that it was pouring rain in Queensland.
Very blue conditions today with a light Southerly, expected climbs from 6-8 kts. , so a a pretty predictable day.
—TASKS; St class—-366.40 km, fixed task.
Club; ——3 hour AAT, B task 2.30 AAT, when launching should start later.
— first expected launch at 12.30 and gridding between 9.30 and 11.30.
It was not too bad with late retrieves yesterday,those who had to drive to the last TP from club class about 170 km to and 170 km. back were back before 11 PM. It was a good road and pilot Petri from Finland landed his glider just at the gate so at 10.30 they were finished with the job.
Several aero-tow-retrieves were still done this morning.
The Czech team has 6 pilots , 6 trailers and 2 crew members, so the logistic yesterday was extra, but it all worked out well. “luckily” 2 out landed very early and not too far about 45 k out, so it was clear they were picked up straight away. While waiting for news from the others they rigged the gliders and later with help of friends they managed to take care of the rest.
Luckily Radek and Martin belonged to the 12 finishers in St. Class. Good on them!!!!
Petri landed close to the gate but had some “friends” who were interested in him.
They look well on the pictures though Petri was a bit scared, the cows only curious.
retrieve pictures shared by the Sucksdorff-family.
11.30 AM; before flying team USA had their team briefing.
As shared by Patrick from team USA.
More later in a new part of this Aussie diary.Lot’s of “kids” here as it is a rather late start.
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