9 AM:
Today is another day, the sun is shining and though it’s 13 dgr. at the moment,it will be up to 30 again.[according to the weather on my phone] No wonder I hear so many car’s pass by so early with pilots and or crews, to prepare their gliders under cool conditions.

No preparations for Diana. George ordered over night a 1, to put above the MM .NOT ALLOWED according to safety officer Gregg. One M had “to go” . As this JS 3 is brand new and the MM is carefully frased in the tail, Diana was therefore forced out of the competition, as she does n’t want to ruin the first glider she ever bought. A pity ,as she traveled from Luxembourg to Tocumwal to fly here , at the airfield, where she lived for a while as well. Her glider was shipped specially for this competition and the WWGC in Lake Keepit.
I leave it here……..

Talking about LAKE KEEPIT; Mandy will be here in the afternoon to discuss details. Yesterday I had already a conversation with Casey about accommodation. They handle quick.
We will leave here on the 27th of December.
More later….

Briefing at 10; it will be for sure shorter as Lumpy intervened in a correct way to stop discussions which should be spoken about after briefing.

11.AM;

Back from briefing.
The CD had some items and I must say he brings them in a gay way.
—scoring has to be done by class,otherwise it’s too complicated. So 4x for each class even with Ron as the only one in open.
—whether you fly or not the grid will rotate every day.
—Adam suggested to start fun teams again as they usually do. 5 Pilots , preferable from 1 class to keep it simple. Names were suggested as CHAMPIONS, or SECONDS which gave some laughter.
—Allan has 5 books from Ge Dale. They are 60 dollar and good reading.

Safety briefing, this time by David Pietsch.
About flying HIGH. Next week the temperatures will go up to over 40 again and the pilots can/will fly HIGH…..you need oxygen then.
A healthy person needs 90 % of oxygen in his blood at 10.000 ft. . I heard.
He had everybody’s attention , also about hypoxia, even when most pilots know it all.
He was very pleased that ALL pilots here, had oxygen and EDS in their glider.

Weather;
Jenny had about the same news as yesterday. Same wind SW 10-20 kts, but it will pick up to quite strong later in the day, blue and a chance of high clouds.
Temperatures up to 31.5 according to SKYSIGHT ans 27.7 to XCS skies.

Just to let you know:
Eddie shared some news from the forecast by John’s Weather Channel – JWC
 DANGEROUS DECEMBER POSSIBLY RECORD BREAKING HEATWAVE TO IMPACT ALL STATES NEXT WEEK WITH WIDESPREAD 40c+ TEMPERATURES WITH SOME PARTS REACHING THE MID TO HIGH 40’S!!

Tasks;
A task; 18 m./open…. 270 km…. B task; 2.15 AAT…
A task; st/15 m…214 km ……B task; 1.45 AAT…

There is a 10 minute delay if you look at the tracking .

Congratulated James Nugent with his win at JoeyGlide.

More later;
1.45;
At 12.30 we saw some willy-willies! Good sign.
A sniffer went up at 1PM and a bit later also GMM.
He reported 2.500 ft.
At 13.35 he mentioned the ceiling was at 3.300 MSL.
At 13.40 they started with the launches.

2 PM;
For those who are not on FB some pictures from yesterday by Tocumwal Soaring Centre

2.30 PM; 2.45;
Gate for 18 m. and open class opens at 14.45
Gate for 15m./standard class opens at 15.10.

All tuggies back now. All gliders airborne within an hour.Good job!!!
They went on track with the A task in the “pocket”.

Tracking-tv is in the briefing room…. the huge TV will be for entertainment.
Have to check that.
In between Judy is very busy with the set up for tonight. Glenda brought in some food already for the smorgasbord.
There will be at least 49 guests!!!
The pilots however struggle against the wind.

5 PM;
Car’s are going to the field .A few gliders are over Corowa.
UKP just landed long at Eddie’s hangar , but he is not part of the comps.
They might be there soon. If you follow the tracking you will see it.
5.30 PM;
the first gliders announced their 10 k and just landed here.Among them GLQ,N1, BB, UKG,F1 and in between more.
One announced he was marginal .
Preferred landings at runway 18 right [grass]landing long.
6.30 PM:
Still pilots landing! No scores yet.Looks there will be big differences in time.
You find it all on www.soaringspot.com later.

Mike Borgelt arrived so vario’s will be built in soon.

Off to the SRGC evening which starts at 7.

Some found it a fun day others absolutely not. Many saw the farmers harvest closer by than they wanted. More tomorrow.

Interesting observation today; sometimes I thought I was at the F1 racing track at Albert Park in Melbourne.
Cu tomorrow!!!