And on the ninth day there will be flying.!!!

The weather man (David Hirst - GCS) says today will be much like yesterday.
This means sunshine and heat at Taupo.

The Cars hiding from the heat.

Yesterday we had a few pilots a little confused as to their responsibilities on use of airspace, so today the task from yesterday has been amended to make things a bit easier with the first turn being further East and a bit South. So another 2.5 hour AAT.

A club class pilot learned a valuable lesson about landing on a strip. Down hill, downwind is not the best way to land without a weeee bit of damage.  The glider is ok but might need a little cosmetic surgery to having it look pristine.

Today we are again blessed with a full complement of volunteers. Your competition Director is very appreciative of the Taupo clubs support with lots of high quality, enthusiastic volunteers.  From Mr Hump (Gordon Dawson) who sits and watches all the launches in case a mis launch puts a glider over the hump and out of view of the grid marshal, to Mr Retrieve(Bill Dawson) who is happy to take long drives in to the wilderness/back blocks to retrieved downed gliders. Only two of the many unsung heroes of the competitions.

The competition pilots meeting will be held after briefing this morning. Agenda items include airspace penalties and dropping the worst day when calculating final scores.  Should be interesting :-)

Radios - check, timesheets - check, Ipad for Spots - check 

We are preparing to launch at 1pm from the club house end (04)
Check progress on the SPOTS.
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