The Team is complete!

Ian Lesch arrived this evening after a very long trip from Australia. He definitely looked ready for a good night's sleep! Ian makes up the final member of Team Dingo to arrive.

Tomorrow is the final practice day - and the day after is the opening ceremony. Although the opening ceremony doesn't start until 4pm, we are not expecting to be able to fly that day, as they don't want to have anyone missing due to outlanding (or good conditions!). I've decided not to fly tomorrow either - so as to give myself an extra rest day before the comp begins. Mike is going to have a short fly and I'm not sure about the others.

Today was, like yesterday, stormy. The first turnpoint for Standard class was behind a wall of rain. The photo doesn't really do it justice. Peter spent several hours just waiting a few km from the turnpoint in the hope that the saturated area would regenerate and allow a glide in and out - but to no avail. Eventually he gave up and returned home. None of the class managed 100km so the task was invalid. Club class fared a little better with an AAT which let us slide past the worst of the storm. The route to the south after that was much drier and presented few problems (apart from weak climbs).

The final glide into Prievdiza from the northwest is quite interesting - as terrain can get in the way. You need to start your glide higher than normal, aiming to just clear the barrier range and then push the stick forward to get down to the airfield at a sensible height!