Hey, would you believe if I told you that there can be soarable days in France? Yesterday was one indeed. We had Cu's and there was some lift underneath! Unreal ;) We struggled a bit trying to get to the cloud base after release but then went really well on task. The cloud base went up as the days progressed and we were reaching 5500 ft at some stages. Clouds were pretty close together so flying straight for longer periods was possible. It was a nice task and nice day - just right.
Daily results:
Total after 6 days:
And as usual the OLC:
My whole flight was just 4 hrs and 40 min - much shorter than what we're used to over here. The ground crew - so used to us being away for over 6 hours - didn't cope with all their tasks. They were joking they should tell us to stay up one hour longer so that they can catch up with everything.
Our team captain was waiting with his camera while we were landing and took these few cool shots. It's good to have him cause my crew is perfect but pretty much hopeless with a camera ;)
The morning briefing will be an hour later today. There was an unfortunate incident during landings yesterday. One of the German pilots lost control over her glider after touchdown and collided with a Polish glider that already came to a stop on the runway. Everybody is OK but two club class gliders damaged and they can't be fixed on the spot. We already know that the Polish girl will be able to get another glider to fly. We will know more after the briefing.
Weather looks all right for today again. There might be some thunderstorms developing in the south. They are also planning the traditional Baba Yaga night tonight so they better not overdo the tasks. We have to be back early enough to be able to have a shower and get nicely dressed for the party.
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