Welcome party and first day practise

We had first party yesterday to meet old and new gliding friends from around the world including Uvalde girls.

Today we had first practice day . It was very demanding day as we had to assemble glider and prepare all before 9 am to avoid working in the scorching heat.

Task today had  high speed assumption by organizers and last turn area in the hills which are very unfriendly for land outs and weather is not the best in hills most of the time. I crossed start line two times as my first start was very slow and low. Second one was much better as I was able to connect with cloud streets and run very fast averaging 153km/h
30 km short of last cylinder I decided to  get home without claiming last turn area as chances for land out was high at the end of the day and retrieve could take 5 hours or more.

Tomorrow we have next practice day and it suppose to be hot and not many
clouds.

Jerzy XG