first bite

This was not the day again … wrong direction. It went well at the beginning but then I got lower and lower and couldn’t find any descent climb. I turned back when the speed got down to 75 kph. I went up north to check the conditions and they were way better than everybody expected. I thought about changing the task shortly before take off but gave up that idea convinced by the locals that it’s gonna be really good the way I picked first. There is no giving up though. Tomorrow is another day.

I got the first ant bite when we’ve been putting the glider away. I would never say it’s gonna be that painful. We cooled it with ice I got some pain killers and felt better after a while. It's good to have a doctor on duty ;-)

We cooked dinner together again. I have to revise my opinion about streaks. The one Ziggy cooked last night is now one of the best and I’m not bullshitting so no factor has to be applied. He’s cooking salmon tomorrow!While we were eating somebody got in and informed us about the storm with possible hail coming in. We took off really quickly and since it was too late to put it in the box we just secured all we could and watched the spectacle. It was just amazing. The whole horizon was lightning. I’ve never seen such a beautiful thunderstorm before. We went back to the kitchen and told all the others to go out on the field and watch it. What they did. They went out in two cars and parked on the runway. I was kind of pissed that Ziggy just made it to the tiedowns and didn’t want to go to the runways trying to explain to me that it was illegal and we get caught by the ranger. I knew no airplane is gonna come in that late. What for? To stay in the Peppercorn Motel? Suddenly the runway lights went on. At first I thought it was Ziggy bullshitting again but then figured out he didn’t have his radio with him so it was quite sure he didn’t turn the lights on. There was an airplane coming in on final … and two cars parked on the runway in the middle of the night. This plane was out for Dubbo, couldn’t make it due to thunderstorm and decided to wait in Narromine till it passes by. So there we see the two cars speeding down the runway both drivers DUI. They were concerned about the lights but thought it was Ziggy bullshitting again. After they turned on the radio though they heard the call in and decided to get the hell of the runway as soon as they could. Nobody has never seen Jenny jumping up so quickly before. Just to make it clear – there are like no airplanes landing in Narromine after dark so nobody was really prepared for that. “What was the chance for an aircraft coming in?” said Jenny-Lightknocker ;-)

… At any rate it was a fun evening … again

Jenny, Ziggy & Paul