10 August 2012

Two of three home - one landout

F1 and XG make it home; a lot of 15m gliders, including Nick, land out.  Looks like a 3 hr each way retrieve.  Still about 500 km flight - plus distance before the start, and he had to penetrate a line of thunderstorms to get south.  He landed at an airport near the southern turnpoint.

Today was the first day with landing to the north, with a 90 deg crosswind, favouring runway 33.  Very interesting watching pilots trying to keep on the taxiway and runway, and brake rapidly without going on to the nose.

Time for a shower, and bed.  Tomorrow's the last day before the mandatory rest day...  It seemed very cool as I left the airport - down to 33.5C.

Dan

2 comments:

  1. It was fascinating to watch this race - what a nail-biter!

    What is the story behind Nieradka not flying today?

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  2. Late file submission - if you landed on main runway, to the north, you were held there until after the last glider came in on the taxiway at sunset. He had 995 pts.

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