Practice Day 3

Good Morning Canada!

This is the last official practice day. There won't be any flying tomorrow since the official opening will be in the late afternoon. Two years ago in Luesse, the official opening was a major production, involving dignitaries at the state level. No word yet what will happen tomorrow.

Yesterday evening George Eckschmiedt from BC joined us. George is a great addition to the team since he grew up in Hungary and speaks the language. He is in the center in the photo above.

The weather is hot, hazy and humid (what else is new) with 36 degrees in the moment (3:20p local). A weak cold front is approaching from the west which is forecast to reach us tomorrow. So far, the contest area is clear of showers and t-storms.

The task today for 15m and 18m is a 3hr turn area task with the first turn area 150 k to the north east. The second leg is running south to almost the Romanian border, followed by a 70k easterly run home to a control point north of Szeged. So all finishes will be from the north.

Our Open Class pilot Willem elected not to fly today.

Dave started at 12:48 and Jerzy at 14:13 local time. In other words, they are more than an hour apart. The Spot shows Dave getting close to the second turn area as of 3:25p local time.
By the way, when the competition is on for real, we won't be able to publish these details in order not to give any secrets away to spies who may be reading our blog.

Stay tuned for the next update.