12.30 PM;
Club class just was allowed to left on track at 12. 38 with their A task ;390.97 km.. Some are high very high,in a gaggle, but Cirrus-firmaments are coming in, the wind has picked up and 3 gliders returned to the field as they missed the connection.
Two are returning now as I write, also for a relight.
I hear that the clubbies have problems to reach the start line due to the strong wind.
The St class got a new task;task C 391 km
Several relights at the moment. St. class is up as well waiting for the line to open.
Skies over Narromine aerodrome are full of Cirrus now, the wind at this stage at the ground is still OK.
One tug stays at the field for relights if necessary.
Just arrived back at the field after visiting the Dutch couple Evelien and William,who live here partly and built a house and a hangar in the new aviation development about 8 years ago.They have been so terribly kind to “offer space in their hangar ” for the Dutch juniors.Great gesture!!!!!
Lovely people as well, living the dream here in beautiful Narromine far away from the cold in Holland. I am a tiny little bit jealous!!!
A Tribute to them ,to their life style and their generosity to the Dutch team.
Evelien and I and THE ULTIMATE spot to see the airfield!!!
Have to share with you the funny comment from Matt from TEAM UK from yesterday;
—“Another fun day out in the Standard Class. 630km at 140kph. Unfortunately some rude people went and did it at 158kph so we got a bit stuffed…
With 20knot winds and 12k cloudbase we tried to stay high, as on previous days we have been punished by getting low. Looking at the traces the faster guys went lower and got better climbs. Annoying but there you go. Weather this good is completely new to us so it’s not that surprising that we’re a bit off the pace.”—-
1.30 PM;St class line will open at 1.33 PM.
Just heard that Club Class pilots fight against a 61 km./h. wind at 1700 m.
“MISSION IMPOSSIBLE” is what a concerned daddy told me.
And here a picture from Katja, from Finland, as shared by her. Guess you have not seen her before like this.
With the message:” Wallaby liked the taste of my hand cream.”
While waiting, I got a message from Rick Sheppe who is in Dubai.
Here is our Dubai News: http://crosscountry.aero/wag
All of our news, photos, videos are there.
thanks Rick!!!
2.15 PM. Some concerned TC’s and parents today. Club has reached according to the tracking system TP 1 and their “lift” goes up and down.
Pilots have been send N., to avoid the cold front coming in from the W. Looking North there are good looking clouds and high, so they should be OK. BUT,…..the first trailer just drove out!
2.30 PM;The cold front is coming and as it looks that it will be quicker than expected.
In St. class the pilots departed between 1.53 PM and 2.18 PM.
In club class the pilots started between 1.05 PM and 1.45 PM. The last pilot starting was Karel Novak from Czech Rep.
At this stage the 2 French pilots show up on the start line time list as DNS, not started.
Will keep an eye on that.
More trailers are going on track, but the tracking system shows pilots are higher and higher.
More later in another blog.