Sitting here with a European team in the library. It’s raining out side and we had a good drop last night as well. Heard some thundery noise as well.It’s good after all the heat from the last days, it feels refreshing!
It looks like a non flying day here today, but you never know!!!!
I have seen worse circumstances in the morning and such a day turned out much better at noon.
With Brigitte and Joergen from Denmark and Dieter Dundee from Germany we have an international table in the Tocumwal library.
JWGC.
Grid as seen and shared by the Australian team
In Narromine the great weather continued though they had to “use” a C task yesterday in club class and a B in St class. It turned out to be a real AUSSIE day in St class.
In this class , the very good team players, Dylan Lampard and Matthew were the number 1 and 2 flying in a 4.30 AAT , in just over 5 hours but with 541 km. for Dylan and 527 for Matthew ,who was a bit faster so he got the 999 points, Dylan the full 1000.Well deserved!!!!
12 From 26 out landed but flew just over and just under 500 km. and a few got penalty points for a not -too-good- finish- altitude.
After 6 days, the overall scores are looking good for Aussie Matthew with 5.773 points, 5.510 for German pilot Sebastian Nagel and Alex Mc Caw from New Zealand is on spot 3 with 5.492. Only a few points less for “our” Robin Smit with 5.429 points.
Polish pilots Mateusz and Jakub follow with 5. 426 and 5.4 18.
Pretty exciting who will be 3d , though also in the top EVERYTHING can change.
In club the ASW 19 b from Robin Biesterweg from Germany, was the best with a speed of 96.99 km./h. over the set 360.51 km.
2 From 32 out-landed and 4 got a warning/penalty for their finish altitude.
The UK is doing a great job in this class.
In club class after 6 days the overall scores look like this; UK on 1 and 2 with Tom Arscott with 5.787 points and 5.735 for Sam Roddie, both in St. Cirrus. Then 2 German pilots Robin and Philipp and then Jan from Poland.
The gaggle!!!!! Who is in the middle??????
As shared by many.
They have a RESTDAY today!!!!
Here is what number 1-at-this-stage-Matthew said about the day;
—“What. A. Day. The task was a pretty interesting 4.5hr(!) AAT, sending us deep into the trough with lots of associated high cloud late in the day, with a strong headwind to get back to Narromine. The Poles started first with teammate Dylan marking them, while I went with the bigger gaggle shortly after and desperately tried to catch them – unfortunately my gaggle didn’t play along and wasn’t interested in pushing hard, or taking the route the Poles did… the gaggle does as the gaggle does! Dylan fortunately(!) lost the Poles halfway around, and thought it was about time to head home and joined up with our gaggle. We were lucky with the cirrus and had some sunshine to push into the headwind going home, and *just* managed to scrape in over the finish from a 60km, dry, best LD glide in. Dylan did a great job and finished in first place for the day, myself a point behind. Half the class is scattered over the countryside (some just inside the finish ring), so international night was a bit quiet…
Totally exhausted after 7 hours in the cockpit two days running, so looking forward to the rest day tomorrow.” —-
Tomorrow I travel to Narromine to see it all with my own eyes!!!!!You can follow me from there!
DUBAI.
Sebastian is o good in sharing stories and pictures so we know a bit more about what’s going on about our sport gliding during the FAI AIRGAMES in Dubai.
—“Today for the first time on the Dubai sky a glider appeared. They flew several minutes in front of the towering hotels and apartments in a hill lift. Then they had to leave to desert due to strong cross wind at strip pointing to the sea.” —
Great pictures as well.
WOW factor pictures, never see before, with Klaus Ohlmann in the glider!!!!
as shared by Sebastian.
Off to a nice lunch with former owner and wife from Bill Riley, Val.
Cu from Narromine tomorrow.
Cheers Ritz