How do you know a gliding comp is about to start? It's bucketing rain in a place that hasn't seen a drop of water for months. So here is the clue for all those places suffering droughts - organise a gliding competition!
The deal is that we are getting tons of moisture pumped down from the north. It is very unstable, closes up around midday starts pouring around 2-3 pm. It is supposed to stay like this for the next couple of days. Tomorrow is the official practice day all are keen to actually practice all ground and air movements. We'll see if we can manage before the showers arrive.
We rigged, weighed and washed the glider today. First drops fell down just after we put her PJ's on and tied her and the trailer down. Spot on timing. We're quite lucky not to have to use the water flow meter. In 18-m configuration we can fill the tanks all the way up (till they overflow) and this puts us exactly 2 kg below the reference weight of 600 kg. Very handy.
We will be heading to the club for dinner soon. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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