Peter and Mandy Temple's blog from the World Gliding Championship
Prievidza, Slovakia - June/July 2010


Friday, July 16, 2010

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi

We didn’t see the results were until just now as the power went down and there was no internet when we left last night. Do you think that our pilots peaked too late J
Another week and I reckon we could peg them back.

Pete has finally admitted defeat with the pesky bug wipers and removed them after they tangled and jammed 3 days in a row.

We had some rain yesterday evening as we were derigging and a little more overnight. There is a trough over us today.
The sky is white with humidity and there are already some storms forming.
The dew point is 19. There is noticeable lethargy today with the continuing heat and humidity.

G Dale from the UK distinguished himself early in the comp by missing his presentation for his day win (It was the first day the briefing changed from 10.15 to 10am). He subsequently won another day and managed make himself available the second time.

The jury decision has been been published and included;
"The thermal of 8K and TA was located 2.7km from the Standard class start line in the direction of the first turnpoint. The location of the thermal was a possible reason for multiple pilots passing close to the thermal"

1 comment:

  1. take the peak! Late or not, it's still a peak :)
    All the best for today Aussies. Looking forward to hearing the news later this evening. As always, take care, fly well and GOOD LUCK!!

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