Rieti on August 9 2007.

We hope to start with competition day 9. This is SO MUCH better then the poor pilots in Pociunai in Lithuania, who are sitting in the rain today again with till now only 4 days of flying, which JUST makes it a valid European Championship.

In Issoudun France it is not much better. The first day was cancelled and for 15 m class the 2d day too. Open class and 18 m. class started in the rain with very marginal conditions and some managed to fly the task some not which leaves many pilots with 0 points on day 1, loosing over 500 points , which is in my opinion more a lottery then a European competition. But,….they still have a few days to go there! Hopefully the weather improves.

We had thunderstorms very close by, but great flying weather in the area to the S. The tasksetter with some help and advise from the stewards does a great job. We are lucky with the weather here, as 8 flying days is good to show what the young pilots can do. Will there be nerves on the last 2 days, spoiling good places???? Wait and see!

Only 2 more days to go here with a bit unpredictable weather. Look at the Rieti site for the latest

Bye for now Ritz