We did race again yesterday. For the first time the 15-m class had an AAT task. In 4 h 30 min we managed to cover 440 km distance. It was very hard work ... again. The max height was about 4000 ft AGL and the average lift for the flight was 2 kts. We were really lucky to have clouds marking the weak choppy thermals. Asia mentioned at some stage the level of our suffering and I told her that it could have been worse if we had no clouds at all. It felt better straight away.
Daily results are here:
Total after 4 flying days:
My flight on the OLC:
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We are flying 6 hours every day so it becomes physically challenging too. Your mind is being drained beyond imagination and the flight keeps you so busy that you don't even think about having something to eat to keep the energy levels up. After you land all you can think of is a shower and a bed and you kind of force yourself to eat something before you do the above two. It looks like we'll be flying every day till the end of the competition so it will turn into an endurance game.
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| photo by Ogonek |
We are waiting for the briefing and tasks are already published on soaring spot. For us it means 440 km racing task:
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