Day 4, from the crew dude

(Actually it's the start of unofficial practice)

OK, having created a post covering the first 3 days, now time to stick in all the bits I missed out the first time.

Such as the bugs.  Stacks of them.  Mostly they come out from wherever in the evening, and there are more of them than in a giant software project; suddenly I wish I was back writing software.  Flies by the billion, and hardly any fewer mozzies.  You're guaranteed to get bitten.

Oh, and they accumulate on the glider's wings too.  Cleaning them off after a flight is just like getting rid of them from a software project, takes much longer than the flight itself.  Lucky when Eric landed and the tanks were still dropping the last dregs I could use that water to wet the scrubbing sponge and go from there.

Yeah, Eric had another great time, I guess he'll tell you all about it.  Somoething like 300 k's AAT I think, with a SPOT tracker showing where he was every so often.  I still missed his finish though as SPOT tracking doesn't show up final glides all that well.  [STOP PRESS - he tells me it's 285 k's at around 103 klicks, duration 2 hours 46 for a 3-hr AAT, so well uunder time. Gives him 95 scored klicks.]

Before that happened, I spent some time getting used to driving on the right wrong correct side of the road, which actually wasn't that hard, you just have to remember to look the other way, and then the usual way as well if you're still not sure.  This'll come in handy if he outlands, and a retrieve is not the time to find out which side of the road to drive on.

Not sure what tomorrow will bring; the forecast max is somewhat less than today.

We seem to have the daily routine sussed out now, water the glider early in the morning (it takes time to stick in 160 litres), go to the daily briefing, then continue with cleaning the glider and prepping it, then some leisure time before lunch, but when the comp itself gets under way then the glider'll have to be gridded before lunch.

And all the flags are up now...