Friday, June 3, 2011

the challenge continues

It was another challenging day today where nobody believed flying was gonna happen. The sniffer hit the ground twice almost beating the tow plane down and the decision has been made ... launching. S....s and f...s in Polish and German wherever you turned. It turned out to be low and slow but doable in the end. I'm not to impressed with my result but since this was a "cheap" task it just hasn't changed much in the overalls. Two more flying days to go. We'll see whats gonna happen.
I also inspected MN closely today. The kangaroo and Australian flag Ziggy put on my vertical just for the hell of it two years ago in Hungary are still there. Amazing how durable these things are. OK, the kanga is already disintegrating a bit but the flag stays perfect.

Kanga on the vertical

and the flag on the other side

Zig is leaving for Europe tomorrow and I will welcome him here Sunday morning European time. I guess it's a bit late to ask him to bring over some more kanga stickers for the glider. They are kinda cute. We'll have few days to get the glider and everything else ready for Sweden and will board the ferry on Thursday. This is going to be a nice flying vacation ...


Wednesday, June 1, 2011

first day off

8/8 as far we can see with gusty cold winds. The day has been cancelled. It's a perfect rest day everybody deserves after 4 days of flying straight and before 3 more to go. Predictions are good and we'll be flying till the last day for sure. Tomorrow looks blue and low ... struggle again but that's what we are here for.
I will finally have some time to drive down to the grocery store to get some more water and Isostar for the coming days. I fixed few little issues with the glider and it all looks good for Sweden. MN flies the way I want him to fly.

first day - MN gets out of the box

ready to go

if only I would be able to stay on his tail ;-)

Polish Standard Class Nationals

We had 4 very challenging flying days so far. The weather is really tricky and different every single day. Temperatures are high and we fly most of the time relatively low in the blue. My good Australian UV clothes and tons of sunscreen do the job and I'm not burned. The problem is to stay well hydrated. I'm drinking plenty of water before and during flight but it seems not enough. I'm carrying a 2 liters camel back filled with water and added two bottles of Isostar to have more than 3 liters all together. I'm emptying it all every day but today was the first day where I didn't have to pee once during an almost 5 hours flight. Very unusual for me and based on that I figured that I should be drinking more. Not a single beer tonight - just water.
I just downloaded pics from my camera and found these below worth posting.

"Locha" - leader after 4 tasks

Locha claims he's wearing a yellow G-string instead of the yellow leader's T-shirt cause he's not the show-off type. Let's say we believe him.


the result of SPOT demonstration ;-)

I doubt anyone was listening ...

pretty messed up after a long day

sun setting over tie downs

and polish beer

evening OD


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

flying, flying, flying

and no time for blogging. We are flying every single day and will be doing so today for sure as well. The sky is blue again. And unfortunately will stay so during the day. Here are the results so far:


There are also some very cool pics on the comp website:


I will be back shortly with my own stories and pics.