12.00 AM;
All morning news has disappeared, though it was saved and published!!!! Weird, very weird.
Some people have read it straight after I published it, but whilst checking their lap top, they showed me, it was gone there as well.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, will sort it out!!!
I just checked and the only “thing” what might have happened could be a technical failure!
Luckily the pictures are in this system ,so the story will be different but at least you can read what’s going on on the 8th day of the JWGC.
They are in the process of launching with 8 tow planes. The first launch was delayed with 10 minutes and was at 11.40.
Club class is up front for a 501 km. task and St class behind it for a nice long 613 km. distance.
Adam in front of the pilots.
Nick and Annemiek from Holland during briefing
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Max Stevens from New Zealand as president of the jury and Rob Moore as chief steward.
I went to briefing at 10 and Adam Webb the CD welcomed all with a good morning and “You asked for clouds , you got them”, about yesterday.
The daily winners and numbers 2 and 3 in each class were asked to come up front to be cheered on and each could pick a prize from the table.
The SAFETY MINUTE by Lisa Turner , well known pilot in Australia, was mainly about ” managing the energy” and about some ground loops which were seen by the organizers.
The weather was done by another lady also well known here in Australia, Jenny Thomson.
She said that it would be a nice day with cu’s and Westerly winds. The trough is still hanging around and moving up and down a bit , it might even come back.Closer to the through it will be moist.
The day might finish with some spread out.
Temperature will be 36 dgr. C.
The CD send them all off with the message that those who wanted to fly the diamond 500 task, they could do so and they should declare the task first and after passing the start line fly OVER the airfield.
And with the words “It looks like a proper Narromine CU day today.”
I had some news from Dubai as well;
The winner from the MATCH was Sebastian Kawa, runner up was Werner Amann and the bronze was for Tilo Holighaus.
The Discus gliders were shipped by St Auban to this event.
Pictures shared by Giorgio Galetto.
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More after the pilots are back or when there are updates.
1 PM; The wind picked up very strongly. For a moment we thought that it was a thermal, but it stayed and got even stronger. One glider came back and landed at the ” bicherman” in front of us at 12.37. Don’t know who it was.
All other gliders are high up , it should be a good day.
They mention 3.5 m. lift up to nearly 3000 m. AGL. The base will even get higher.
Back with part 8 later. I keep them short now!